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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
January 7, 199? "
For Immediate Release
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REMARKS"BY THE FIRST· LADY
ATCHlLD CARE"ANNouNcEMENT
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MRS. CLINTON: Thank YON very much. I am delighted to welcome all ofyou to the
White House. "I want to thank Tipper Gore for,that introduction, but more than that, for her
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I want to thank: the children who walked in with us. You represent millions and millions
of other children, And you did a wona1erful job, and I think we should applaud for you.
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"" ." I am pleased that as I lo~k aro).md this East Room, Which has seen so many important
. ,events in our nation's history, to see s~!many friends and advocates of our nation'"s chlldren and"
families who have helped push child c~e to the forefront of America's agenda,
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\ . Tod~y, wej~in tOgether;~thl1h~.Presid~nt in taking this hi$toric step forward for
Jfulenca's children, for our working fatpthes, and for our country," We have much to be thankful
for in this new year when.itcome:s,tothe well~be~ng of our children, ImmuniZationrates'are the
highest in our history. Imant mortalit~l.isat an" all-time low .. And teen pregnancy is down, The'
President $ignedthe largest expansion! of health care coverage in over 30 years to provide health
insurance for' millions' more of our nation's ,childr~fm.,. And t.hanks ,to the adoption bill recently
" signed by thePresident;more.kidswWihave,a sh()tat groWing up in sate and loving homes.
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This administration is also heiJingparents make
cholcesthat areright fortheir
families, wh~ther that n:eans ~o:~ng:~r sta~ing· home to care for their own childre~. Fto~ the "
"$500 per child tax credIt for farmheswrth children, to the Earned Incon:e Tax CredIt that lifts
millions of working families out6fpo~erty,weare now providing as a nation greater resources·
and real choices for America's parents!.'
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Today, however, more of
parents are working, by choice or by neCessity.
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More than ever, parents rely on childb~r~ and after-school programs to c:¥e for their children ror
"part o( the day. We all have a stake hi making sure that every child i~ care is safe and nurtured:
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This is part of America's unfinished bJJines~, because while we've made important progress in
strengthening child care in this countrfl it still fails too many of our children and
working parents.
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I've worked on children's issu~b, as many ofyou have, for more years than I care to
remember. I've be,en privileged to traJ,bl around our country, and indeed the world, visiting day
care centers, talking to experts, talking1to moms and dads: And I've seen firstharid what it means
to a family when a child is well cared for while a mother or father has to w<;>rk. And I've also seen
the results of our failures to invest in d~r children at the most critical stages of their young lives...
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I think we all understand hoJlimportant chlldcare is. But believe that the daily
struggle that many parents undergo to I~alance the demands of work and family is only noW
. getting the attention it deserves. A fe~ months ago with the help of many of you here, the
President and I hosted a first-ever· Whi,tle House Conference on Child Care where we sought to
tum the literally millions· of private conyersations that occur in homes. and workplaces and
supermarket aisles and after church an~ in every setting you can. imagine .:.- tum those private
conversations into a national dialogue 8n how to improve the avaiiability, affordability, safety and
quality of child care in America.
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We wer~ spurred by the recen~l scientific studies that were discussed at last year's White '
House Conference on Early Childhooq pevelopment and Learning -- studies that confirm what
every parent and grandparent has intuitively known, that the love and attention a child receives in
that child's earliest years have a direct impact on the development of that child's brain and
dramatically affect how children learn Jilid develop over an entire lifetime.'
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As more of our nation's
join.the work force, and as we .reform the welfare system
which requires more of our nation's patknts to join the work force, more children are spending
their early years in child care. Today, b~er half the infants in this country are in day ·care and
millions more school-age children hav~ both parents or their only parent ,in the work force. And
for many of those parents it is astruggl~ to find the child care they need. They hobble together'
relative care, family day care, center dJy care, anything they can imagine. And then, as their .
children get older, they have to worry ~~out after-school care. For too long America's patents
have struggled with too little informatidn;too few choices, and too many worries..
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Today, the President announceo an historic child care proposal that seeks not only to give
working parents the peace of mind the*lneed and deserve, but also to give more of our children .
the kind of care they have to have. By I~elping working families pay Jor child care and improving
the safety and quality of that care, this ~roposal truly will help parents better balance the demands
of both home and family.
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We are so privileged to
in time when America is at peace and our economy is doing
so well. It's also a time of enormous ctibge and transition as more parents join the work force of
the 21 st century. Times like this prese~tunique opportunities for a<;tion as well as challenges for
leadership. And I believe that we shou\4 ensure, as we are attempti.ng to'.do today, that no family
in this time of rapid change falls through the cracks and no child is left behind. I believe the
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President's proposal will help us all mdte together in fulfilling our most important responsibilitY as
individuals. or as a, nation -- the care arid
nurturing of our children..
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And now it is my great
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our Vice President who has'not only cared
and nurtured, along with Tipper, his o.u.o children, but who has provided visionary leadership in
improving the lives of America's famili~s and'children. Please welcome Vice President AI Gore.
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