Thread by @RepSwalwell

📢 Have you heard? The House recently passed the #BuildBackBetter Act - a bill that will make essential investments in family care, health care, housing & tackling climate change. Here's how:

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#BBB invests in child care & education🧑‍🎓

-Authorizes universal paid family & medical leave
-Extends the Child Tax Credit
-Provides free preschool to all 3- and 4- year-olds
-Increases Pell Grants & makes the program available to our DREAMers
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Expands access to affordable health care coverage ⚕️

-Reduces health insurance premiums
-Expands Medicare to include hearing (like the cost of hearing aids)
-Lowers RX drug prices including capping the cost of insulin to $35 a month
-Extends CHIP funding permanently
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Makes the LARGEST investment to help combat climate change ever 🌎

-Invests in our clean energy economy
-Funds the Civilian Climate Corps
-Invests in coastal restoration & forest management
-Provides electric vehicle tax credits
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Improves and expands affordable housing 🏡

-Allocates billions to expand and repair affordable housing
-Provides first-time, first-generation homebuyers with help on down-payment costs, closing costs & mortgages
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This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fundamentally transform our country for the better!
The bill is now headed to the Senate where I urge them to quickly deliver #ForThePeople.
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