The Senate Must Pass BBB Now

Editor,

This will be a bleak Christmas for many poor American families. On December 15, the last monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) payment went out to American families. If the Senate does not pass Build Back Better Act this month, it will be the last, forcing millions of children back into poverty in January.

The Build Back Better Act extends the new CTC payments, which have already lifted more than 3 million children out of poverty and helped millions of families pay the rent, put food on the table, find child care, and more. BBB will help 300,000 new low-income renter households finally get assistance to help them afford a place to live.

The clock is ticking. The Senate must pass BBB now. I strongly urge our senators to demand immediate consideration of the Build Back Better Act and to vote YES when it comes to a vote.

–Pat Payne, Castro Valley