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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, Care Can't Wait Action to Unveil New Polling on Care Affordability at July 21st Briefing

July 16, 2026
Paid Family & Medical Leave, Early Care & Education, Health Care

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Open-to-press briefing will feature new multi-district polling on voters' views of care affordability and what it means for Congress and families from frontline districts facing high care costs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, July 21st, Care Can't Wait Action will host a briefing featuring Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA), nationally recognized pollster Molly Murphy of Impact Research, and advocates and families to unveil new public research on care and affordability.

The briefing will examine Americans' views on child care, aging and disability care, and paid family and medical leave—and what the findings mean for Congress.

Media interested in attending can RSVP to press@carecantwaitaction.org or call / text (626) 390-2158.

WHAT:

Release and Briefing on New National Polling on Care Affordability

WHO:

·  Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA)

· Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director, MomsRising Together

· Ai-jen Poo, President, Care in Action

· Fatima Goss Graves, President, National Women's Law Center Action Fund

· Jenn Stowe, Executive Director, Care in Action 

· Molly Murphy, President, Impact Research

· Lorella Praeli, Co-Director, Community Change Action  

· Sondra Goldschein, Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy

· Dawn Hucklebridge, Paid Leave for All Action

· Families and caregivers from across the country

WHEN:

Tuesday, July 21st at 9:00am

RSVP:

press@carecantwaitaction.org  

**Location Upon RSVP**

Care Can’t Wait Action is a coalition of organizations and unions working together to make care more affordable and accessible for American families. We believe that families need and deserve quality care at every stage of life, from child care and early learning to paid family and medical leave to aging and disability care.

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, stop discrimination against women and moms, and build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: www.MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.