WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) held a virtual press conference to demand that the Trump administration unfreeze the grants that provide child care assistance to tens of thousands of families in New York.
"Investing in child care is investing in our future. The Trump administration's decision to freeze child care grants is a brazen political attack that will hurt New York families, children, and child care providers who are already struggling to get by," said Senator Gillibrand. "Because of this action, child care providers will almost certainly be forced to close their doors, families will be stripped of the assistance they rely on, and children will...