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Statement

As Prices Rise, Moms and Families Need U.S. Senate to Pass Build Back Better Act More Than Ever

January 12, 2022
Workplace Justice, Early Care & Education, Federal Budget, Health Care, Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of leaders of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the inflation report released this morning:

“The Consumer Price Index December report, out this morning, is sobering confirmation of what moms and families already know: Prices for essentials, including food, housing and energy, continue to rise, making it extremely difficult for many families to provide for their kids and make ends meet. This report underscores the urgent need for Congress to pass the components of the Build Back Better Act immediately, including extending the expanded Child Tax Credit, because taking away this lifeline is unthinkable as families struggle to cover the rent, put food on the table and gas in their cars, buy shoes and school supplies for their kids, heat their homes, pay for the child care that allows moms to get and stay in jobs, and more.

“Families and businesses need the Build Back Better Act because it extends the expanded Child Tax Credit as well as reduces child care and prescription drug costs, provides the paid family/medical leave working families urgently need, makes home- and community-based services available to seniors and people with disabilities, provides protections for immigrants so they can fully participate in the workforce, and creates millions of good jobs for women. “

-Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO, MomsRising

“All together, these Build Back Better policies will lower costs for families and address worker shortages, which are the root cause of many supply chain issues that are driving inflation. Too many mothers have been driven out of the workforce during the COVID pandemic because of our nation’s woefully inadequate care infrastructure. Build Back Better will give families access to affordable child and elder care, as well as the paid family/medical leave they need to stay in their jobs.”

-Statement of Donna Norton, Executive Vice President, MomsRising

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.