Mary Gay Scanlon: “This weekend, I ran into a constituent whose story is a model for what we plan to deliver for more Americans through the…”

“This weekend, I ran into a constituent whose story is a model for what we plan to deliver for more Americans through the Build Back Better Act. I met a mom in Media, from a solid middle-class family, and she was so excited to share the news about her son's new job. After completing the new maritime career development program at Delaware Community College, he attended a job fair and landed one of the new jobs at the Philadelphia shipyard, where he will be making $27 an hour and receiving full benefits. The Build Back Better Act will expand these kinds of opportunities and make them available to more Americans. It will expand job training programs and lower the cost of higher education by funding 2 years of tuition-free community college and increasing the value of Pell Grants. Using our Nation's network of community colleges as the pipeline, this bill will help connect more Americans to good paying jobs. The policies in the Build Back Better Act are urgently needed, they will strengthen our economy, and they are popular. It is time to deal working people back in. ____________________”