ICYMI: U.S. Senator Katie Britt Joins My View with Lara Trump
‘We don’t have to ask what moms are dealing with, what parents are dealing with, and raising children – we’re actually living it’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined My View with Lara Trump on Fox News with Senator Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) to discuss balancing their roles as the only two Republican moms of school-aged kids in the Senate.
Excerpts from Senator Britt’s interview are below. The full interview can be viewed here.
On balancing motherhood and serving as Senator:
“I’ve been really honest about it, I struggled a great deal . . . Being a wife and a mom is the most important thing to me. Being away from my children, missing milestones in their lives, it’s hard. And like Ashley said, we know that we’re doing this so that they have a better opportunity, but it doesn’t mean that that balance isn’t hard.
“At the end of the day, I think this is what all moms are doing. We’re literally all just doing the best we can. To have two moms of school-aged children who are here representing your constituents in Washington, D.C., you do bring a bit of a different perspective to things. Some of the very best ideas that we get are those that we find in dialogue with moms on the bleachers, or walking in the morning with my friends and hearing what’s actually happening . . . We don’t have to ask what moms are dealing with, what parents are dealing with, in raising children – we’re actually living it.”
On the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (MOMS) Act:
“The MOMS Act takes a comprehensive look at both the prenatal and postpartum and also early childhood development. The first part of the act actually puts all of the resources for pregnancy right there in one place. So you can actually go to Pregnancy.Gov and you can find all the resources right there at your fingertips. Additionally, it has some grant programs to make sure that we’re getting telehealth to different places.
“We want women, no matter their zip code, to be supported in this journey, so that is critically important. Whether it’s for mental health services or actually services throughout your pregnancy, we want to place an emphasis on making sure we’re supporting you and bringing new life into this world – making sure that we’re strengthening our numbers and our population and that that we’re raising families that can be strong in our communities.”
Senator Britt last week led her colleagues in reintroducing the MOMS Act alongside Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.Dak.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.). This legislation would provide critical support to women during typically challenging phases of motherhood – prenatal, postpartum, and early childhood development – and bolster access to resources and assistance to help mothers and their children thrive.
On her legacy as Senator:
“I think one of the things that a lot of people don’t see is that the entire family serves. So while we are up here doing that, there are sacrifices that our kids make back home with us not being there . . . I hope when they take a step back and look at this, that they will know that all of it is worth it. I hope that they will have seen their mom conduct herself with integrity, with grace, with grit, with tenacity, knowing that we are forging a better path for them as Americans.”
On what she wanted for Mother’s Day:
“I just want to hang out with my children and my husband, and just [have] that time. You realize when you do a job like this and you do have to be away during the week, how precious that is and how precious those moments are, and just the conversation around the kitchen table that you long for and that, you know, you kind of wait for. I appreciate all that they do and all that they give up to allow me the honor to fight for our nation and to fight for the great state of Alabama.”
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