>> the child care was more than rent. i decided i have to quit my job. >> reporter: she and her husband are trying to find daycare so she can get back to work, but the wait lists are up to two years long. >> we can't find any child care. >> reporter: nearly 300 million women are still out of work from the pandemic. >> it's really important in terms of the jobs recovery going forward. >> she is adp's chief economist. >> the u.s. is losing trillions of dollars when women are not fully participating in the labor market. >> reporter: president biden's build back better plan would invest close to $400 billion in child care, boosting wages, offering universal free preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds and parents paying no more than 7% of their income on child care. >> early childhood educators can't earn less, so it will take significant public funding in order to fix this problem. >> reporter: just look at