Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all young children and families should have access to high-quality child care that is affordable for families.

provide child care assistance to all working families that need it, including low- and middle-income families who struggle to afford the cost of high-quality child care and underpaid families who are too often left behind;

make child care affordable, with no working family earning below 150 percent of State median income having to pay more than 7 percent of their income for child care and families most in need paying nothing;

ensure that child care is available so that parents in today’s 24-hour economy can access high-quality care when and where they need it—during weekends, and nights, as their job schedules change—with options across school, center, and home settings;

guarantee that all families eligible for child care will receive it, by investing in the expansion of child care supply and creating a system that is appropriately funded to meet the need of America’s families;

improve the quality of child care by guaranteeing child care workers a living wage and wage parity with K–12 staff with equivalent education and experience, by improving training opportunities, and by giving workers a voice on the job to advocate for higher workplace standards and standards of care for the children they serve;

expand access to full-day, full-school year Head Start services and to high-quality preschool; and

provide sufficient Federal investment to ensure resources for both high-quality jobs and affordable child care.