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This Is the Leadership America’s Moms Want and Need

February 28, 2022
Statement “At this time when the country’s moms and families are struggling with the pandemic, fast-rising prices, and our need to create the kind of care infrastructure every country needs, we are very pleased to learn President Biden will take time during his State of the Union address tomorrow night to discuss the importance of lowering families’ costs – including child care, pre-K, and prescription drugs – and adopting a comprehensive national paid leave program, as well as ensuring paycheck fairness, raising the minimum wage, and providing direct tax relief to struggling families.
Campaigns:
Paid Family & Medical Leave, Equal Pay, Early Care & Education, Health Care
MomsRising Together

Supporting and Caring for Trans Youth Is Not Child Abuse. America’s Moms Want State Lawmakers to Stop Attacking LGBTQ+ Youth.

February 25, 2022
Statement “America’s moms are horrified that Texas Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton directed the state child welfare agency to treat and investigate standard medical care for transgender children as child abuse. It is not – and the cruelty and political calculation behind this move, and the harm it will cause, are horrifying.
MomsRising Together

Historic Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court Positions Our Country to Become Stronger, More Fair and Just

February 25, 2022
Statement “President Biden made a brilliant choice by nominating D.C. Circuit Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. This nomination is historic and long overdue. Judge Jackson is a fair-minded jurist who will strengthen our highest court’s commitment to fairness, privacy, dignity, and equal rights for all. Her keen intellect and vast experience at every level of the federal court system, including ruling on more than 550 cases during her tenure as a District Court judge, is needed.
MomsRising Together

Alarming, Horrifying Maternal Mortality Data, Released Today, an Urgent Call for Congress to Pass the Momnibus Bill

February 23, 2022
Statement “The 2020 maternal mortality data released today shows that our country’s maternal and infant public health emergency is getting appreciably worse. Both the rate of women dying during pregnancy or soon after giving birth, and the disparities in who is affected, are growing. In 2020, Black and Hispanic moms had significantly higher rates of maternal mortality than others. This is truly alarming, absolutely horrifying news.
Campaigns:
Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality
MomsRising Together

Cocoa, Candy Hearts, and Messages to Congress on Monday

February 13, 2022
Media advisory WASHINGTON, D.C. Feb. 11, 2022 – The nation’s capital will experience a Care Takeover on Valentine’s Day, with MomsRising and the National Women’s Law Center holding events to draw attention to the urgent needs of parents, children, and child care providers.
Campaigns:
Paid Family & Medical Leave, Early Care & Education
MomsRising Together

Moms Support Speedy Passage of the Duckworth/Underwood DEMAND Act

February 9, 2022
Statement “America’s moms applaud the introduction of the DEMAND (Delivering Essentials to Mothers Amid Natural Disasters) Act in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives today and commend U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) and Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Illinois) for championing this vitally important legislation.
Campaigns:
Breastfeeding, Maternal Health
MomsRising Together

29 Years After Congress Passed the Family and Medical Leave Act, Moms Call on Lawmakers to Pass Comprehensive, National Paid Leave Now

February 4, 2022
Statement “Twenty-nine years after Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which provided unpaid leave to about 3 in 5 workers in this country, and in the 3rd year of a raging pandemic that has intensified the already-urgent need for paid leave, 50 Republicans and 1 Democrat are blocking U.S. Senate passage of the national paid leave program the country needs. America’s moms are tired of waiting.
Campaigns:
Paid Family & Medical Leave
MomsRising Together

Our Country Won’t Have a Stable Workforce or a Successful Economy Unless We Adopt Paid Family and Medical Leave and Invest More in Child Care

February 1, 2022
Statement “We learned today that in December, 4.3 million people in this country quit their jobs. This follows a record 4.4 million people leaving their jobs in November. Those ‘quits’ often represent people being pushed out of their jobs. They are a stark reminder that our failure to adopt paid leave and invest in child care is destabilizing businesses, constraining our economy, and causing families to struggle to meet their most basic needs and save for the future.
Campaigns:
Paid Family & Medical Leave, Early Care & Education
MomsRising Together

Marching Band, Mobile Billboards, Ads, and Constituent Calls Are Greeting Senators Returning to DC This Week, from Moms Demanding Speedy Passage of Build Back Better Act

February 1, 2022
Media advisory Moms are standing up, speaking out, and demanding Build Back Better. A Marching Band will be outside the Russell Senate Office Building at the corner of Constitution Avenue and Delaware Street from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm today, and again on select days over the next two weeks with signs like the one below:   
Campaigns:
Workplace Justice, Paid Family & Medical Leave, Early Care & Education, Federal Budget
MomsRising Together

In Massive Sign-On Letter, Hundreds of Progressive Organizations, Business Leaders and Advocates Urge the US Senate to Pass the Build Back Better Act

January 31, 2022
News release WASHINGTON, DC -- In a new letter to members of the US Senate, sent today, more than 250 nonprofit organizations, business leaders, and women’s advocates are urging passage of the Build Back Better Act with haste. 
Campaigns:
Workplace Justice, Paid Family & Medical Leave, Early Care & Education, Federal Budget
MomsRising Together

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