WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement on reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services cruelly freezing $10 billion in funds for poor families in five blue states (https://www.axios.com/2026/01/05/trump-child-care-minnesota), including New York, jeopardizing child care and critical social services for thousands of American families and innocent children:
"To threaten to rip away billions for child care and other critical support for working families and their kids for political gain is beyond disgusting. Trump is pulling the rug out from millions of parents who now could be left high and dry with no option for c...