This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines cutting childcare and preschool costs for working families. Opening statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Patty Murray chair, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and (2) Honorable Richard Burr, Ranking Member, a U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina. The following witnesses presented statements: (1) Rhian Evans Allvin, chief Executive Officer, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), Washington, DC; (2) Julie Kashen, Director, Women's Economic Justice, and Senior Fellow, Century Foundation, New York, New York; (3) Maria-Isabel Ballivian, Executive Director, ACCA Child Development Center, Annandale, Virginia; and (4) Ellen Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Child Care Association, Sandy Springs, Georgia. Letters in support of a robust investment in our Nation's childcare sector were submitted by Honorable Patty Murray.