Thread by @liuba4congress

Details on the contents of #BuildBackBetter are promising. The good news - the package includes transformational action on universal pre-K & unprecedented investments in childcare.

However, we still have a lot of work left to do.

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#BuildBackBetter is the most significant investment our nation had made in children and working families in generations.

- Significant savings on childcare
- Universal, free pre-K for every 3 & 4 year old
- Extended and expanded Child Tax Credit

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#BuildBackBetter expands access to high-quality and affordable child care for more than 20 million children per year & covers 90% of families with young children.

This is huge.

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Currently, many families spend more on childcare than their mortgage.

With #BuildBackBetter, American families earning less than $300,000 per year will pay no more than 7 percent of their income on childcare - this a game changer.

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#BuildBackBetter also enables states to expand access to free pre-K for more than 6 MILLION children per year.

We will go from 12 yrs of free education for every child to 14 yrs - it's a monumental investment in our children and their futures.

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#BuildBackBetter is a step forward, but we need truly transformational change for our country to actually work for working families.

That means comprehensive paid family & medical leave. It means repairing the broken systems that have long held women and families back.

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These historic investments in childcare and action on universal pre-K are so important, but these issues do not exist in a silo.

Without #paidleave, we have built a highway without an on-ramp.

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