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Stable, well-paying jobs and thriving small businesses are the foundation of a healthy economy. In Queens especially, small businesses are vital to our communities. In Congress, I have consistently worked to make sure that small businesses have the resources they need, including the federal funds that assisted restaurants and small businesses in staying open through the COVID-19 pandemic. I am also committed to working to expand our economy and ensure that it benefits all families, and I’m proud to support legislation that would increase job growth, increase America’s competitiveness, strengthen worker’s rights, and create high-paying jobs. The Inflation Reduction Act, which I helped get signed into law in 2022, paved the way for quality union jobs in the clean energy industries, while also increasing pathways to training for other skilled labor professions.

Ensuring that every child has equal access and opportunity to receive a quality education and pursue academic success is vitally important. I have long championed the issue of broadband accessibility and closing the homework gap for students by creating the Emergency Connectivity Fund to provide internet access to students throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic and beyond. I have also adamantly fought for an increase in resources for our education system. We know America’s schools are underfunded and teachers are underpaid, which puts our children at a disadvantage.

Every American deserves access to affordable and quality health care. Although our nation’s health care system is one of the best in the world, it is a shame that we are unable to guarantee access and affordability for so many of our citizens. Representative Meng is working in Congress to ensure access to affordable, high quality health care.

Queens is the world’s borough and has a vibrant immigrant community that adds to our diversity and culture as a city. America is a country founded, built, and improved by our immigrant communities. Today our neighbors come from all around the world, and that is why I am committed to ensuring America remains a welcoming place for immigrants so they too can have their shot at the American Dream.

The lack of access to safe and affordable menstrual products is a hidden inequity that is often forgotten or overlooked. Period poverty impacts countless women and girls across our country. I first learned about period poverty from a young constituent, and since then I have been proud to work on menstrual equity in Congress. My bill, the Menstrual Equity for All Act, aims to provide women and girls with affordable menstrual products in their schools, workplaces, and wherever else they might need them. Menstrual equity is a health care and a human right, and this bipartisan issue simply deserves more attention and action to make it a reality.

After a lifetime of hard work, seniors deserve to know that the promises of Social Security and Medicare will be upheld. Social Security is a vital safety net into which seniors have already paid. It lifts 22 million people out of poverty, including 15 million senior citizens.

We owe our nation’s veterans a debt that can never be repaid. The men and women that selflessly protect our nation and risk their lives for our values will always be held in the highest honor and with the most respect. I will always fight for legislative initiatives to support our veterans.