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August 28, 2024
Statement “It is disgraceful that 16 Republican-led states were able to convince a federal judge in Texas to temporarily halt the Biden/Harris administration’s historic and humane Parole in Place policy. It removes barriers in order to help keep immigrant and mixed-status families together by allowing some undocumented immigrant spouses who are married to U.S. citizens and have deep roots in our country to get work permits and apply for green cards.
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August 28, 2024
Statement “Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) women face a deeply damaging wage gap that creates hardship for them, their families, and communities. NHPI women working full-time, year-round are paid just 66 cents for each dollar paid to white men. When part-time and part-year workers are included as well, that figure drops to just 60 cents on a white man’s dollar. The disparity is shameful and punitive, and it must end. 
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August 16, 2024
Statement “This coming Monday, August 19th, the nation will take a major step to keep families together and strengthen our communities and our economy when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security begins accepting citizenship applications from certain noncitizen spouses of U.S. citizens who have been in the country for at least a decade.
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August 6, 2024
Statement “Moms' Equal Pay Day is a painful reminder that even as prime-age women are participating in the paid workforce at record-high rates, moms continue to face a punishing wage gap. Without action from Congress to root out workplace discrimination and build the care infrastructure our country needs, the wage gap will almost certainly remain unacceptably and alarmingly high.
August 1, 2024
Statement “When U.S. Senate Republicans killed a temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit today, they rejected a policy that’s proven to lift our economy and to be a sure-fire way for people to have the tools they need to be able to work, take care of their families, and contribute to their communities.
July 25, 2024
Statement “An Illinois mom called 911 for help. She needed care, safety, and concern but, instead, one of the police officers who responded shot her in the face. A mom is dead, a family devastated, a community immeasurably harmed by yet another racist, wholly unjustified police murder. Tragically, nobody should be surprised.
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July 15, 2024
Statement “On Friday, when President Biden signed the Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act into law, the country took a meaningful, badly needed step to improve maternal and infant health.
July 8, 2024
Statement “Each year on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, we measure the extent of the disgraceful wage discrimination that is holding back Black women and families, as well as businesses and our economy. This year, again, the numbers are deeply disturbing: Black women working full time, year-round are paid just 69 cents for every dollar paid to non-Hispanic white men who work full time, year-round. The wage gap widens to 66 cents when part-time and part-year workers are included in both categories.
July 3, 2024
Statement “The search for quality, affordable child care is the defining challenge in the lives of many young families. When it isn’t available, as is too often the case, moms and caregivers are forced out of the workforce. Families struggle to make ends meet. Children miss out on early learning opportunities that set them up to succeed in school. Businesses can’t fill the jobs they’ve created. And our economy suffers terribly.
June 28, 2024
Statement “Today the U.S. Supreme Court again upended long-standing precedent and jeopardized the country’s health, this time by granting courts – instead of experts at federal agencies – the authority to shape regulations designed to protect our health and safety. This judicial power grab will mean judges and justices without scientific and medical expertise, and some with ultra-conservative views and deep ties to special interests, now make decisions that affect our health and safety.

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