Thread by @SenWarren

The #AmericanRescueAct is a historic piece of legislation for our country’s recovery from this pandemic and economic crisis. But I want to take a moment to mention some of the big wins we fought for to help families back home in Massachusetts:

Our state and local governments had to pick up the tab when Trump didn't come up with a federal plan to fight this pandemic. The relief bill has $8.1 billion for Massachusetts state and local government funding with much more flexibility than the CARES Act.

We need child care for parents to go back to work – and I fought for $50 billion in child care funding nationwide. Massachusetts is going to see $512 million to support child care providers and help families afford care, and $13.6 million for Head Start.

To help our schools safely reopen, the relief bill includes $1.8 billion in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding for Massachusetts. And for our older students, it has $825 million for MA colleges, including millions to help students with financial aid grants.

With millions of people still out of work during this crisis, cash-strapped families have struggled to keep a roof over their heads. Massachusetts will receive $362 million in emergency rental assistance to help stop a wave of evictions.

Restaurants have been crushed all year, and this bill has some real support. The $25 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund helps small restaurant owners in Massachusetts and nationwide. And it expands the PPP program by $7.25 billion with more flexibility and forgiveness.

Our mass transit systems are critical infrastructure for our cities and towns, but COVID has created budget nightmares. Massachusetts will receive over $1 billion in relief for our mass transit systems for operating expenses, payroll costs, and protective equipment.

There’s a lot of other important pieces in this relief bill for Massachusetts. Stimulus and unemployment checks. Expansion of the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit. LIHEAP funding. SNAP benefits and school meal funding. It's a long bill full of great stuff.

The #AmericanRescueAct is just the start of the bold policies and big, structural changes that Congress can make for working families. You bet I’m in this fight to build opportunity for all of our families.