That it is the sense of the Senate that—
the United States needs to prioritize a Mom Economy that invests in the caregiving infrastructure required to adequately support and empower mothers in the workforce and sustain a thriving economy;
mothers, especially mothers of color, face systemic economic and social inequalities that restrict their ability to balance parenting responsibilities with workplace roles and limit their professional advancement;
mothers play an integral role not only in the financial well-being of their families but in the productivity of the American economy as a whole;
the United States should invest in its mothers by expanding and developing the social safety net in order to secure meaningful and sustainable economic growth, including—
robust paid family and medical leave plans for all workers, including—
paid parental leave following the birth of a child or the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, provided in equal amounts for all parents regardless of gender; and
paid leave policies that can be used for family caregiving and workers’ own medical leave;
paid menstrual leave and remote work accommodations for workers experiencing debilitating menstrual or menopause symptoms;
investment in the childcare industry with the goal of providing universal childcare and early learning, including—
robust funding for Head Start and Early Head Start programs;
Federal financial support for childcare programs to guarantee all families have access to affordable and high quality child care; and
commitments to pay childcare workers a dignified, living wage;
access to nutritious food as a human right, including through—
boosting SNAP maximum and minimum benefits and removing barriers to access, including time restrictions and additional work requirements; and
increasing funds for school meals and other nutrition programs to combat child hunger and making school meals more accessible;
the implementation and expansion of child poverty reduction tools that improve income security, infant and maternal health, and educational and economic outcomes into the second generation, including—
a permanent expansion of the child tax credit; and
improvements in the earned income tax credit, which lifts millions of people above the poverty line each year and boosts labor force participation among single mothers;
addressing the Nation's maternal mortality crisis through critical investments in maternal health care, including ensuring access to the full range of reproductive health care and family planning;
raising the Federal minimum wage for all workers, including tipped workers, and adjusting it on a yearly basis to keep pace with inflation; and
investments in legislation that ensures protections for LGBTQ+ mothers in the workplace, such as the Equality Act, and reduces wage discrimination, such as the Paycheck Fairness Act; and
United States policymakers should include a specific focus on working mothers in future policymaking, beyond the aforementioned policies, including with regard to economic policy, fiscal policy, and social safety net policy, in order to ensure that working mothers and other caregivers can continue to balance their roles as family anchors and caregivers with their work and economic contributions to both their families and the economy of the United States.