when we talk about the future of child care, we are not talking about robots like rosy from the jetsons. we re looking ahead to a world where child care is affordable for and accessible to all. the pandemic has shown us how crucial child care is to the u.s. economy. quite simply, we cannot function without it. according to the ana e. casey foundation, 70% of kids under the age of 6 have all available parents in the workforce. so that s over 15 million children who need supervision during the day. but that care comes at too high a cost for many families. half of parents paying for child care this summer are racking up credit card debt. even president biden says day care was too expensive for him as a single dad, recalling friday how lucky he was to have his sister step in. i was a senator making $42,000 a year. i could no longer afford day