John,
It’s hard to be a parent in this country—especially a working one.
From loopholes like the single parent tax penalty to a lack of federal support, policymakers are failing parents. Working families are fighting to afford skyrocketing child care costs, while children are developing neurologically slower due to parents being absent during the key weeks after birth because of a lack of parental paid leave1. And worst of all, the families who need the most support are being routinely abandoned by state and federal agencies.
Without help, families' struggles will only grow in our not-quite-post-pandemic economy. And at a time when working parents are exiting the workforce in droves, we need to prioritize policies that support families and our economic recovery.
That’s why Katie is fighting every single day for policies that are pro-family—from paid family leave to universal child care.
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For far too long, special interests manipulated the system to ensure corporations could win political favor over working families. They lobbied for big businesses and the wealthy instead of the families who need support the most. Those big businesses and special interests have won these fights with millions of lobbyist money. But now, it’s time for that to change; the U.S. needs to catch up on supporting families.
Investing in families is not something we should do just for the parents; it’s something we must do for all of us to have a strong, stable economy and a healthier country. It’s an investment in all of our futures, whether you have kids or not.
Thank you for supporting this grassroots movement, John.
—Katie Porter for Congress
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