•HRES 605 IH 
Whereas a significant investment in childcare is simulta-
neously job creating and job enabling, creating good jobs 
and supporting parental employment; 
Whereas, by encouraging women to remain in the workforce 
full time, access to paid leave and childcare significantly 
boost mothers’ lifetime earning potential; 
Whereas the 2021 temporary expansion of the child tax credit 
lifted 3,700,000 children out of poverty; 
Whereas families used the child tax credit to cover routine ex-
penses, improve nutrition, decrease reliance on credit 
cards and other high-risk financial services, and make 
long-term educational investments; and 
Whereas families of color saw the largest quality of life im-
provements due to the expansion of the child tax credit 
in 2021: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the United States needs to prioritize a Mom 
Economy that invests in the caregiving infrastruc-
ture required to adequately support and empower 
mothers in the workforce and sustain a thriving 
economy; 
(2) mothers, especially mothers of color, face 
systemic economic and social inequalities that re-
strict their ability to balance parenting responsibil-
ities with workplace roles and limit their professional 
advancement; 
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(3) mothers play an integral role not only in the 
financial well-being of their families but in the pro-
ductivity of the American economy as a whole; 
(4) the United States should invest in its moth-
ers by expanding and developing the social safety net 
in order to secure meaningful and sustainable eco-
nomic growth by investing, at a minimum, in pro-
grams including— 
(A) robust paid family and medical leave 
plans for all workers, including— 
(i) paid parental leave following the 
birth of a child or the placement of a child 
for adoption or foster care, provided in 
equal amounts for all parents regardless of 
gender; and 
(ii) paid leave policies that can be 
used for family caregiving and workers’ 
own medical leave; 
(B) paid menstrual leave and remote work 
accommodations for workers experiencing de-
bilitating menstrual or menopause symptoms; 
(C) investment in the childcare industry 
with the goal of providing universal childcare 
and early learning, including— 
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(i) robust funding for the Head Start 
and Early Head Start programs; 
(ii) Federal financial support for 
childcare programs to guarantee all fami-
lies have access to affordable and high 
quality child care; and 
(iii) commitments to pay childcare 
workers a dignified, living wage; 
(D) access to nutritious food as a health 
and human right, including through— 
(i) boosting SNAP maximum and 
minimum benefits and removing barriers to 
access, including time restrictions and ad-
ditional work requirements; and 
(ii) increasing funds for school meals 
and other nutrition programs to combat 
child hunger and making school meals 
more accessible; 
(E) the implementation and expansion of 
child poverty reduction tools that improve in-
come security, infant and maternal health, and 
educational and economic outcomes into the 
second generation, including— 
(i) a permanent expansion of the child 
tax credit; and 
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(ii) improvements on the earned in-
come tax credit, which lifts millions of peo-
ple above the poverty line each year and 
boosts labor force participation among sin-
gle mothers; 
(F) addressing the Nation’s maternal mor-
tality crisis through critical investments in ma-
ternal health care, including ensuring access to 
the full range of reproductive health care and 
family planning; 
(G) raising the Federal minimum wage 
higher for all workers, including tipped workers, 
and adjusting it on a yearly basis to keep pace 
with inflation; and 
(H) investments in legislation that ensures 
protections for LGBTQ+ mothers in the work-
place such as the Equality Act and reduces 
wage discrimination such as the Paycheck Fair-
ness Act; and 
(5) United States policymakers should include a 
specific focus on working mothers in future policy-
making, beyond the aforementioned policies, includ-
ing with regards to economic policy, fiscal policy, 
and social safety net policy, in order to ensure that 
working mothers and other caregivers can continue 
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to balance their roles as family anchors and care-
givers with their work and economic contributions, 
both to their families and the economy of the United 
States. 
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