WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a group of Senators in announcing a new investigation into how the Trump Administration's cuts to affordable child care programs are affecting rural families. The Senators pressed the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration of Children and Families (ACF) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide answers about the threats to child care programs in rural communities amid staffing and funding cuts to the agencies.
"Families across the country are being forced to choose whether to scale back work, forgo essential items, or break the bank to access and afford child care. The Trump administration'...