WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Child Care for Every Family Network released the following statement on Congressional Republicans’ government shutdown. After months of letting the Trump Administration illegally delay or claw back funding for essential government services including child care and Head Start, deploy ICE and other law enforcement in a cruel mass deportation scheme, and terrorize and occupy American cities, Republicans are choosing to shut down the government rather than help millions of Americans who are about to be kicked off their health insurance. 

Andrea Paluso and Erica Gallegos, Co-Executive Directors of the Child Care for Every Family Network, released the following statement: 

“For the last nine months, Republicans in Congress have cheered as the Trump administration terrorized American cities and immigrant communities and illegally withheld funding to critical government services that millions of working families rely on—including child care and Head Start. This government shutdown is a direct result of their complete abdication of their responsibility to the Constitution and to their constituents. Regardless of what Trump wants, Republicans in Congress have an obligation to uphold the law and to stop making the U.S. a living nightmare for families that are struggling to get ahead. Until they step up to do their jobs, families will keep paying the price for this shutdown—and the responsibility will lie with them.”

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The Child Care for Every Family Network is the national movement and campaign to transform child care, representing 1,500+ child care providers, impacted families, state and national organizations, and organizers across the country. Learn more: childcareforeveryfamily.org.