WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Today-as Trump proposes to slash domestic investments to help pay for a defense spending increase of roughly half a trillion dollars-U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after a new report (https://www.ffyf.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/CCDBG_2026_WA.pdf) found the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program saves participating Washington state families over $19,000 a year on child care.
"Trump is asking Congress to increase his war budget by $500 billion dollars and even said: ''We're fighting wars. We can't take care of day care.' Well, as a former preschool teacher and ...