2020s senatorial press release: on Families & Children

Bob Casey: Help me find the true cost of assisted living

Estimates for the cost of care is important to learn more about, as it can be unpredictable at assisted living facilities. "The more assistance and care a resident needs, the more they pay," said Casey. "And in some cases residents and families don't know the total cost until they receive their monthly bill."

Chris Murphy: Affordable child care in the richest country in the world

When you are living on a more modest salary, your entire world could fall apart if you lose access to a quality child care environment. People have to quit their jobs. They have to move back in with their parents. Because you will upend your entire life for your child.

Murphy laid out just how dire affording child care can be: "Let's say a family makes $42,000, doesn't qualify for our subsidy, is spending $22,000 a year on rent, $15,000 a year on childcare, that's $5,000 left. $100 a week for everything else. For food, for your cell phone, for your clothes for your kid. In the richest, most affluent country in the world, how can we justify leaving families who are doing the right thing, who are working in that position?"

Murphy concluded: "Do the right thing and support the President's proposed plan to support affordable, quality child care in this country."