U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) believes that Republicans have made progress in addressing the issue of the high cost of child care across the country.

During a recent visit to a child care center in Montgomery Alabama, Britt spoke with providers and advocates to discuss the impact of the updated child tax credits that were passed in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act.

“Affordable and accessible child care is a win-win for America’s families and small businesses,” Britt said on X.

The senator helped pass Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) updates that allow parents to offset the cost of child care while working, modernizing it for the first time in decades.

Congress passed the $16 billion in new child care spending last year. Now families can get a bigger tax credit, working parents can claim up to half of child care costs, depending on their income, and businesses are getting bigger subsidies, which means workers get to set aside more pre-tax dollars

Britt, who has made child care affordability a main priority, discussed the issue with NBC News.

“I don’t have to ask people what it’s like to be raising kids right now,” Britt said. “So many of these things are things that I’ve experienced in my own life.”

According to Labor Department data, American families spend up to 16% of their median income on full day care just for one child.

“The dependability of child care, affordability, accessibility is an impediment to people who want to be in the workforce,” Britt concluded.

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee