On the recordOctober 20, 2021
I thank the gentlewoman and dear friend, Ms. Frankel. Madam Speaker, I would also point out that as we look at the infrastructure bill that everyone is supporting, that trillion-dollar package is going to create 2 million jobs over the next 10 years. That is great, but 90 percent of those jobs are going to men. Meanwhile, the pandemic has created an environment where 1.6 million women have left the workforce. That is the lowest participation of women in the workforce since 1988. We are going back. We are not going forward, unless we have the Build Back Better plan, which is going to provide the infrastructure for childcare and pre-K and the opportunity for women to get back to work. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky), my dearest friend.
