1) Progressive Caucus Chair Jayapal: Delaying passage of Build Back Better until 2022 would have immediate and devastating consequences. It would place the monthly expanded Child Tax Credit at risk, plunging millions into poverty.
2) Jayapal: Progressives have worked diligently with the White House and Senate over the better part of this year to set up for this moment. The version of Build Back Better we passed out of the House was agreed to by nearly every Senator caucusing with the Democrats —
3) Jayapal: (W)e sent it to the upper chamber based on the President’s promise that he could deliver the 50 Senators needed to make it law. We trust the President to follow through on that promise, and that he and the Senate will continue working until he can.
4) Jayapal: We stand ready to work through the holidays and come back into session as soon as the Senate returns the bill to the House to ensure it becomes law.
Based on the conversation in our membership meeting today, this is the clear consensus of the Progressive Caucus.
Based on the conversation in our membership meeting today, this is the clear consensus of the Progressive Caucus.
5) Jayapal: I also conveyed this to the President in a phone call this afternoon.
The American people sent us to Congress to deliver. More than 81 million people voted for the President’s agenda, 85 percent of which is contained in this bill.
The American people sent us to Congress to deliver. More than 81 million people voted for the President’s agenda, 85 percent of which is contained in this bill.
6) Jayapal: The House did our work, and now it’s time for the Senate to do theirs. They must stay in session until Build Back Better is passed.
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