U.S. Rep. Al Lawson Votes to Pass President Biden's Historic Build Back Better Agenda
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Today, U.S. Rep. Al Lawson (FL-05) voted to advance President Biden's historic Build Back Better agenda, which will deliver life-changing benefits for working families across the nation. This is a key step required in order to move forward on writing and passing the forthcoming Build Back Better Act, which will include overwhelmingly popular initiatives to create more jobs, cut taxes for families and lower health care costs.
"The President's Build Back Better Act represents the greatest progress for North Florida families in 50 years," Rep. Lawson said. "With transformative initiatives like child care, paid leave, tax cuts for families, climate action, we are investing in our families, economy and our children's future. I will continue to work with my colleagues to ensure this bill meets the needs of residents of Florida's fifth district."
S.Con.Res. 14, the budget resolution passed by the Senate on August 11 and approved today by the House, paves the way for the House to proceed with assembling the Build Back Better Act. The legislation will include many initiatives that enjoy broad, bipartisan levels of support among the American people: child care, home health care, paid family and medical leave, free universal pre-K, the Biden Child Tax Credit, workforce development, expanding Medicare benefits, closing the Medicaid coverage gap, addressing the climate crisis, services for veterans and more.
Further, this legislation will be paid for, in part, by restoring fairness in the tax system -- raising rates on the wealthiest individuals and the biggest corporations, many of whom currently pay little to no federal income tax. Importantly, no one making under $400,000 will see their taxes increase. Instead, many middle-class families will benefit from a tax cut in this bill, such as the expanded Child Tax Credit.
"As Florida begins to emerge from the pandemic and economic crisis, it is essential that we not just return to how things were before -- we need to Build Back Better," Rep. Lawson said. "We remain committed to the goal of enacting this legislation, along with the bipartisan infrastructure bill, by October 1."
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