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Lack of Child Care Poses Challenge to Labor Market Recovery

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Lack of Child Care Poses Challenge to Labor Market Recovery
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks at her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2020. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images
Emel Akan
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WASHINGTON—U.S. businesses are urging Congress to take action on the child care sector, which is on the brink of collapse amid the pandemic.

A group of 41 state and local chambers of commerce throughout the country sent a letter to Congress on June 10, urging lawmakers to provide assistance to child care facilities in the next stimulus bill.
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
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Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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