ivanka trump standing up to introduce her father donald trump about to unveil his proposal to make childcare more affordable and more accessible for merrick and working families. here she is. >> her children had been hospitalized and she was jailed and charged with felony child abuse. as i have traveled around the country with my father stories about hardships caused by our insisting childcare system one that is too expensive, too outdated into the inaccessible come up time and time again. just last week i spoke with a military spouse who recounted the vicious cycle responsible for holding so many american families back economically. she relayed to me the frustration i have heard all too often of not being able to work and bring home a second income because she can't afford quality and reliable childcare. stories like these go straight

to my heart and they field my belief that there has to be a better way. i have three young children myself and i am grateful daily for the means to pursue two of my dreams, being a mother and investing in a career that fulfills me. i recognize that far too few women can say the same for themselves and that i am more fortunate than most. this must change. as a society we need to create policies to champion all parents enabling the american family to thrive. my dad agrees that he's in a very unique position to do something about this problem and the numerous other problems facing tens of millions of parents and caregivers across our country. today childcare is the single greatest expense for many american families even exceeding the cost of housing in much of the country. it's depleting the hard-earned savings of men and women across

our nation and it's at the root of wage inequality by disproportionately affecting women. the federal policies that are in place to benefit families were written more than 65 years ago to serve a primarily male workforce that no longer exists. dual income families were not the norm in 1949 when the current tax code provisions regarding families were established. today however women represent 47% of the wesley report and its almost two-thirds of married couples, both spouses work outside of the home. 70% of mothers with children at home also work in a professional capacity and 64% of these moms have kids aged six and under. the number of households led by single mothers has doubled in the last 20 years and approximately two-thirds of these women work in low-wage jobs that offer neither

flexibility nor benefits. my father has created a plan that is designed to bring relief and to provide working parents with options so that they can make the decisions that are in the best interest of their families. safe, affordable, high-quality childcare should not be the luxury of a fortunate few. historically this has not been an area that has received nearly as much attention in the policy world as it deserves. while there are systems in place for older children hardly any intellectual energy has been devoted to addressing the needs of families with children from birth to four years old. in particular little focus has been put on determining how best to alleviate enormous financial burden's childcare places ongoing, and middle income families. at the same time the united states is the only industrialized nation in the

world that does not provide new mothers with paid maternity leave. my father's policy will give paid leave to mothers whose employers are all among the 90% of u.s. businesses that currently do not offer this benefit. this is a reform that is of critical value and long overdue. my father's plan also recognizes and supports the many women who may not be mothers but who have less paying jobs to provide care for elderly dependents. this is another example of people who been routinely ignored by federal policies. having employed and empowered thousands of women at every level of this company throughout his entire career my father understands the needs of the modern workforce and is offering a new and innovative solution where others have not. my father's plan also acknowledge is the vital contributions of stay-at-home moms and parents, fathers and mothers, who will ensure that

they too will receive this new tax benefit. raising children full-time is one of the hardest jobs anyone can do and it's essential that our policies recognized and honored that reality. as an employer, a mother and a woman who works both inside and outside the home, these are topics i consider critical in importance. the policy my father is about to outline is one that i am proud to have helped conceptualize and insuring its announcement will be one of my top priorities when he is elected come november. [applause] this is not a women's issue. it's a family issue, it's an american issue. it's an issue that's often

discussed but is yet to be solved. my father plans to change that and now he will tell you how. it is with great admiration and respect that i introduce to you our next president and my father, donald j. trump. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you everybody. that's very nice. [applause] thank you very much and i want to applaud my daughter ivanka for her leadership on this issue. she has been working so very hard. [applause] ivanka has been deeply invested in this since long before the campaign began i can tell you

that and i'm very grateful to her for her work, her efforts and this proposal which we are going to be outlining right away. i think it's going to make a lot of people very happy, a lot of moms very happy. [applause] i want to also take a moment to recognize congresswoman cathy met doris rogers the chairwoman of the house republican conference and a mother of three small children who has been such a leader and works so hard with us. cathy we want to thank you very much. [applause] also we are joined tonight by some amazing members of cong and our audience, congresswoman loomis black marks where and commerce. come on up your. they work so hard on this. come on up.

[applause] >> my name is marjah black urn urn -- black urn and i'm from the great state of tennessee. [applause] i want to say to all of you with a warm reception that you have given to us and i want to say a special thank you to mr. trump. focusing on the issues that affect working women is something that is vitally important to each of us standing on the this stage. we come from a variety of backgrounds. we have a nurse, we have farmers, we have ranchers, we have teachers.

we have small business owners and entrepreneurs. that's the skill set that we bring to congress and the experience that we draw from and we know that each of you are not like us. those are the experiences that you have. we know that there are issues when it comes to childcare, when it comes to dealing with the work place and just as ivanka said so perfectly. this is a family issue. we know men always want more money. what do women want? more time. [applause] and we are thrilled to finally have a president of the united states who was going to put the focus on working with women to make certain that you can achieve your american dreams. thank you so much for having me. [applause]

mayor giuliani please stand up. [applause] the nation's mayor. he has done a good job. so our campaign is about ideas. we are about solutions to big, big problems, problems that of don on forever. i have traveled all over the country in recent weeks offering detailed plans to make things better for you and for your families. it's so important to me. i've outlined detailed proposals by providing school choice, we have to do that, reforming our tax and regulatory codes. [applause]

lifting restrictions on american energy, rebuilding our military, changing our foreign-policy, fixing our immigration, so important, and keeping our country safe. [applause]