Face the Nation: Rep. Ro Khanna
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I think they do. The President has a great story to tell. He's bringing back manufacturing in Ohio, $20 billion in Ohio of new industry. He is focused on the working class. I was actually just in South Carolina yesterday with Bishop Green at AME Church, and the faith community has a lot of support for him. He's a better politician than anyone who works for him. Let him be out there.
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If I could just respond to that...
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Representative Mace and I agree on a lot of things, but this president has shown integrity for 40 years. He has been completely transparent. He has allowed the law enforcement agencies to take their hold without interfering. And I think the American people will see that.
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Well, first of all, as divided as we are as a country, 86 percent of Americans believe that there -- we need more support for affordable childcare.
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This is something that unifies Americans. We have agreement on more training for childcare workers, paying them more and having more flexibility. We have an agreement on some support, government policy support, for childcare. The average cost of a family for childcare is $10,000 a year. And 85 percent of women say that they can't work because of childcare issues if they're leaving the workforce. So, we have a -- we need a short-term solution, which is a continuation of some of the grants and funding the Childcare Stabilization Act so we don't have this cliff and that the president signs, and then we need a long-term solution to reduce the costs to families.
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This is an investment that is pro-economic growth. I mean businesses are losing billions of dollars because we don't have people in the workforce. So, it pays for itself. And then you look at the funding. You're talking about less than 1 percent of the defense budget. We're one of the only countries that is putting $10,000 of burden on ordinary families just to take care of their kid. It's pro-family, it's pro-economic growth, and we should have a consensus in this country to have the government make a difference here.
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Thank you.
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