For Immediate Release
July 2, 2025
Contact: press@spotlightpr.org
Child Care Advocates Lament One Big Beautiful Bill Act as ‘Big Betrayal Act’
WASHINGTON – At a time of rising costs, and escalating pressure, early childhood education advocates today reacted to the Senate’s passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
“The passage of the reconciliation bill re-affirms the administration’s and congress’s assault on families across the country,” said Lorena Garcia, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition. “Families will hurt and suffer and in turn our communities will struggle to thrive. Senate leaders affirmed that the needs of everyday families must be sacrificed for the greed of the wealthy.”
Yale’s Budget Lab found that the bill will result in the bottom 40% of American households losing income, while the top 0.1% gain an extra $118,000. These giveaways to the ultra-wealthy, corporations, and Big Oil are coupled with billions of dollars for the already-bloated Pentagon budget and the Trump immigration agenda. This does not advance our child care agenda even marginally.
“While Republicans prioritize tax breaks for billionaires, they’re simultaneously stripping away basic healthcare and support systems from those who need them most,” said Danielle Atkinson, Executive Director, Mothering Justice. “Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” should actually be called the “Big Betrayal Bill”—because if it’s passed into law the wealth gap in this country will widen to astronomical levels. Mothers of color and working families across the country did not elect their representatives to protect the ultra-wealthy. The GOP made one thing clear: if they are left in charge, working class families will always come last.
“Through their budget priorities, all three branches of government are putting their values on full display and the stakes for our communities couldn’t be higher,” said LaDon Love, executive director, SPACEs in Action.
“Make no mistake about it, this policy decision will reverberate across generations, making the difference between who can eat, who can care for their families, and who can otherwise survive,” said Lenice Emanuel, executive director, Alabama Institute for Social Justice.
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