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Whereas a significant investment in child care is simulta-
neously job creating and job enabling, creating good jobs 
and supporting parental employment; 
Whereas access to paid leave in the pandemic has been linked 
to a reduction in the spread of COVID–19 by as many 
as 15,000 new cases per day where people were able to 
use paid leave, and paid leave has prevented countless 
evictions, hospitalizations, hungry children, and com-
pounded stressors; 
Whereas paid leave saves jobs, keeps women and caregivers 
in the workforce, and is a cost-effective tool for public 
health and economic recovery; 
Whereas the unprecedented burdens of child care, work, and 
remote learning have strained mental and emotional 
health for mothers; 
Whereas the stressors on mothers are further multiplied by 
poverty, race, ethnicity, being a single parent, or having 
children who have special needs, but lack social support 
during COVID–19; and 
Whereas more than three quarters of parents with children 
ages 8 to 12 say the uncertainty of the school year is 
causing them stress: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the United States needs a Marshall Plan for 
Moms in order to revitalize and restore mothers in 
the workforce; 
(2) mothers, especially mothers of color, have 
been pushed to the brink of economic, social, and 
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emotional collapse during the pandemic because of 
the existing economic and social inequalities women 
have long faced; 
(3) any relief and long-term recovery package 
to address the COVID–19 crisis must recognize and 
rebuild moms in the workforce, in order to secure 
meaningful and sustainable economic recovery, by 
including, at a minimum— 
(A) a robust paid leave plan, which is es-
sential to securing families’ physical and finan-
cial health, including emergency paid leave poli-
cies that would create a path toward permanent 
paid leave solutions, such as reinstating the 
mandate on emergency paid leave, and ensuring 
that it includes employers with more than 500 
employees, and that it can be used for paid 
sick, family, and medical leave to help parents 
with additional caregiving responsibilities, in-
cluding— 
(i) when a child or loved one’s school 
or care center is closed, participating in re-
mote learning when given a choice, or a 
hybrid learning model; 
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(ii) for people who have or are caring 
for people with COVID–19 symptoms or 
are quarantining due to exposure; 
(iii) for people who themselves are ex-
periencing health issues due to COVID–19; 
and 
(iv) for people needing to take time to 
get the vaccine; 
(B) rebuilding and stabilizing the child 
care industry, with a vision toward universal 
child care and early learning, which are essen-
tial to economic recovery and bolstering women 
in the labor force, including immediate invest-
ments to— 
(i) support and ensure child care pro-
grams do not close their doors permanently 
and can reopen; 
(ii) provide essential duty pay for 
child care workers in programs that re-
main open during the crisis; 
(iii) safely meet all new regulations; 
and 
(iv) fund Head Start and Early Head 
Start to meet sanitation, personnel costs, 
and infrastructure needs to deliver pro-
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grams that safely serve families during the 
pandemic; 
(C) major investments in our education 
systems, which must be made in order to safely 
reopen schools and campuses, by providing 
funding to support and protect the safety and 
health of educators, support staff, students, and 
families through— 
(i) equipping students with hotspots 
and devices to help narrow the digital di-
vide and close the homework gap; 
(ii) directing funds for personal pro-
tective equipment and building upgrades; 
(iii) putting in place the infrastruc-
ture and resources to test, trace, and iso-
late new cases; 
(iv) offering mental health resources 
for students, families, and staff; and 
(v) supplying other investments for 
children with disabilities; 
(D) access to nutritious food as a health 
and human right, including through— 
(i) boosting SNAP maximum and 
minimum benefits; 
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(ii) rescinding all SNAP rule changes 
that would limit, terminate, or compromise 
benefits; and 
(iii) increasing funds for school meals 
and other nutrition programs to meet an 
unprecedented demand; 
(E) child poverty reduction tools that are 
necessary for families’ economic security and 
must include recurring child benefits and an ex-
panded and improved child tax credit and 
earned income tax credit; 
(F) an expanded unemployment insurance 
program that must benefit struggling workers, 
including those experiencing long-term unem-
ployment; 
(G) raising the Federal minimum wage to 
$15 per hour or higher for all minimum wage 
workers; and 
(H) access to mental health support for 
mothers, which is essential to maintaining the 
health of the family; and 
(4) United States employers and policymakers 
must prioritize addressing the economic cliff facing 
mothers and make permanent the aforementioned 
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policies so that mothers are protected against any 
future economic calamities. 
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