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THAT IS TOO EXPENSIVE, TOO OUTDATED INTO THE INACCESSIBLE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