Madam Speaker, for decades Congress has based economic policy on trickle-down economics, eviscerating America's middle class in the process. But today, we reject that approach. The Build Back Better Act invests in American families, not hedge funds, in ways that will benefit all of us. I would mention two investments of particular importance to my district in Pennsylvania: Children and veterans. This bill builds upon the American Rescue Plan that we passed in March to expand benefits for families and support for childcare. In doing so, it will reduce child poverty more and produce generational benefits to our country. The bill also makes long, overdue investments in the aging infrastructure of our Veterans Administration; including upgrading medical facilities and finally digitizing service records that are required for veterans and their families to obtain the benefits our Nation has promised to them. With this bill, we can create real, sustained economic growth that benefits all Americans, and I am proud to support it.
On the recordNovember 18, 2021
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