Texas democratic representatives Eddie Bernice johnson and marc veasey. Rep. Veasey hi, everybody. This is marc veasey, congressman for the 33rd Congressional District. I want to thank everybody for being on this digital zoom event today. Dr. Jill biden, thank you so much. We really, really appreciate you joining us. We love you in dallas, texas. We love you in fort worth. We love you all over the state and just really appreciate your , presence here today. Thank you so much. Dr. Biden thank you. Rep. Veasey absolutely. And congresswoman Eddie Bernice johnson. The congresswoman is one of our four committee chairmen. Shes the chairperson of the science and Technology Committee and she represents the 30th , Congressional District in dallas, and i will be introducing her a little bit later, but i want to open up by saying over the past five , months, the lives of working parents have really been turned upside down, especially our working moms. Daycares are closed, summer camps are closed,
We love you all over the state and just really appreciate your presence here today. Thank you so much. Dr. Biden thank you. Rep. Veasey absolutely. And congresswoman Eddie Bernice johnson. The congresswoman is one of our committee chairmen. Shes the chairperson of the science and Technology Committee and she represents the 30th Congressional District. I will be introducing her a little bit later, but i want to open up by saying over the past five months, the lives of working parents have really been turned upside down, especially our working moms. Daycares are closed, summer camps are closed, vacation bible schools arent open and mothers are out there multitasking. Theyre trying to do Conference Calls and zoom calls, just like we are today, and trying to take care of the kiddos. And we know that when school suddenly switched to distancelearning, that they had to drop everything that they were doing, including working, so they could help their kids on assignments. Look at our essential
I want to thank the Colonial Early Education Program here in calyx and for hosting us tonight. You know, i just met sara johnson who i thought i saw sara somewhere in here but she has a three year old son know who is a student here. She said this program thats wonders helping noaa learn his letters and numbers and socialize with other kids and understand his emotions and develop his personality. I bet he is a bright, cute young man. But like so many parents, she is worried. He is worried about her job as a dental assistant and vouching changes, and what she has to do to make things work. Shes nosing changes in noaas behavior since he hasnt been in school since march. As a matter of fact, he said to the principal, where is my teacher, can i stay here in play, we are in his classroom and she has had to learn to lean on parents, which many, many people have to do, to help her get through it and is really tough. Parents like sara and places like the center and the caregivers and educators
Emotions and develop his personality. I met him. Hes a great young man, but like so many parents, she is worried. She is worried about her job as a dental assistant and not seeing changes in what she has to do to make things work. Shes noticing changes in noahs behavior since he hasnt been in school. Where are my teachers . We are in his classroom. Parentsd to lean on her , which many people have to do to help her get through it. It is really tough. Parents like sarah, places like the center, and the caregivers and educators who work here also give me a great deal of hope. Determination i am pushing for over two years to triple the amount of money for title i schools in districts like this one, where every child, every child in a title i district is able to have the benefits of an education at three and four years of age. That is why i couldnt think of a better place to talk about the third plank of my plan for the economy. This is about the squeeze on working families who are raising
Congressional district. I will be introducing her a little bit later, but i want to open up by saying over the past five months, the lives of working parents have really been turned upside down, especially our working moms. Daycares are closed, summer camps are closed, vacation bible schools arent open and mothers are out there multitasking. Theyre trying to do Conference Calls and zoom calls, just like we are today, and trying to take care of the kiddos. And we know that when school suddenly switched to distancelearning, that they had to drop everything that they were doing, including working, so they could help their kids on assignments. Look at our essential workers. The majority of them are women and disproportionately women of color, and they stayed on the job and they still managed to be the glue for their families. While really helping us try to get through covid. And this crisis im talking about with working moms existed before covid. But this fire is really cast a broad spotli