Pandemic. Recovery. War in Ukraine. Labor shortages. Inflation. There's been no shortage of challenges to the U.S. economy over the last several years.

The good news: Democrats in Congress, and the Biden Administration, rolled up our sleeves to deliver immediate economic relief to all Americans. We also passed several amazing pieces of legislation into law that will invest in and strengthen our communities for decades to come.

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*
The
American
Rescue
Plan
helped
to
support
Americans
during
the
pandemic.
It
provided
direct
payments
to
working
families,
expanded
the
childcare
tax
credit,
and
injected
billions
of
dollars
into
communities
for
safe
school
reopening,
emergency
rental
assistance,
and
help
for
homeowners
struggling
with
mortgage
payments.
It
also
enacted
my
Restaurant
Relief
Fund
which
kept
more
than
one
hundred
thousand
small
businesses
open
and
saved
vital
jobs
for
working
families.
*
The
Bipartisan
Infrastructure
Law
is
generating
historic
investment
to
modernize
America's
roads,
bridges,
transit,
rail,
ports,
airports,
broadband,
and
water
infrastructure.
This
bill
will
create
better
jobs
for
Americans
for
decades
to
come.
*
The
Inflation
Reduction
Act
which
will
lower
the
costs
of
healthcare
by
empowering
Medicare
to
negotiate
drug
prices
and
cap
insulin
at
$35
a
month.
It
also
contains
the
most
consequential
investment
in
carbon
reduction
activities
in
our
nation's
history.
Several
provisions
I
authored
are
in
the
bill,
including: *
the
production
and
investment
tax
credit
to
incentivize
wind
and
solar
projects;
*
direct
pay
and
renewable
energy
credit
transferability
provisions
to
make
project
financing
more
efficient;
*
incentives
to
make
commercial
buildings
more
energy
efficient
and
sustainable;
*
clean
transportation
incentives,
including
an
expanded
electric
vehicle
credit
for
new
and
used
vehicles;
an
expanded
credit
to
charge
e-bikes
and
e-scooters;
credits
to
electrify
commercial
fleets;
*
legislation
to
reinstate
the
Superfund
Tax
which
ensures
that
polluters
are
responsible
for
cleaning
up
after
themselves.



I am proud of these accomplishments, and what's more, I want us to build on them. There is much more we can do, like helping communities become more climate and disaster resilient and boosting apprenticeships and technical job training programs. But only if Democrats keep control of Congress.

Should Republicans gain control, I guarantee you their agenda will be very different. Only 13 Republicans voted in favor of the infrastructure bill. It still makes me shake my head in disbelief that investing in our communities and job creation has become such a partisan, political issue.

It doesn't have to be this way, and with your help, it won't.

Initiatives that strengthen American families and build an economy that works for all do not have to be partisan. But make no mistake, that's going to be a lot easier if Democrats stay in charge.

Courage,

Earl

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