Women also want to know if Congress will help relieve our child care headaches. Today, three out of five mothers with children under 6 work outside the home. This year, Congress failed to act on the President's Child Care Initiative, a package of measures to help working parents find and afford child care they can trust. But we're not giving up. When the new Congress convenes next year, we will pursue bipartisan solutions to parents' child care headaches.
Health care is the number-one kitchen table issue for many women.
Women make more than 60 percent of physician visits. I mentioned earlier that women make most of the health care decisions for their families. And women have greater need for specialty services such as obstetrics and gynecology. Our country has the best health care system in the world. But not for every woman, all the time.