NETWORK LOBBY FOR CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE for NETWORK

Health Issues HCR

NETWORK strongly supportive the expansions of health premium tax credits, Medicaid coverage for maternal health, Medicaid coverage for returning citizens, closing the Medicaid coverage gap for people living in non-Medicaid expansion states in the upcoming recovery bill. NETWORK strongly supports HR 3 and urges Congress to pass bill this year. NETWORK strongly supports healthcare for all and believes healthcare is a right, not a privilege. NETWORK supports Medicare for All.

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3 (117th)

Foreign Relations FOR

NETWORK supported international funding for the World Health Organization and COVAX to meet the challenges of the global pandemic in the American Rescue Plan. NETWORK strongly supports a temporary COVID Specific Waiver of WTO intellectual property rights for COVID vaccines, testing and treatment.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

NETWORK strongly supports passage of a Budget Reconciliation bill for FY 2022 to fund President Biden's American Families and American Jobs plans to invest in America. NETWORK supports efforts to increase spending for human needs programs in the FY 2022 process in the areas of refundable tax credits, healthcare expansion, paid leave, housing and broadband infrastructure, and food program expansion. NETWORK supports decreasing spending on immigration enforcement and detention and defense spending including ending the 1033 program.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM

NETWORK strongly supports the Every Child Deserves a Home bill to eliminate discrimination against LGBTQ adoptive parents and children in the foster care system. NETWORK strongly supports the Healthy Families Act and Paid Leave Act to ensure workers can thrive at work and home. NETWORK strongly supports the Pregnancy Assistance Fund to provide critical supports to pregnant teens to promote maternal and infant health.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Treasury, Dept of

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

NETWORK supports the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability (WATER) Act of 2021 which is a comprehensive solution that creates a WATER Trust Fund, dedicating nearly $35 billion towards water infrastructure improvements across the United States.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office

Immigration IMM

NETWORK strongly supports the American Dream and Promise Act and urges immediate passage. NETWORK strongly supports the Farmworker Modernization Act and urges immediate passage. NETWORK strongly supports the No Ban Act and urges passage. NETWORK strongly supports S. 747, Citizenship for Essential Workers Act, and urges immediate passage. NETWORK strongly supports increasing the number of refugees to the United States in 2021 to 75,000. NETWORK strongly urges the Biden Administration to end Title 42 and to stop separating families at the US Border.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 747 (117th)

Homeland Security HOM

NETWORK strongly supports decreased funding for the Department of Homeland Security related to immigration enforcement, detention and the creation of a border wall. NETWORK strongly urges the Biden Administration to end Trump Administration regulations related to restricting people from seeking asylum in the United States including Title 42. NETWORK strongly supports the Biden Administration's Executive Order ending Trump Era Public Charge regulations. NETWORK strongly supports the Biden Administration's Executive Order ending the Muslim ban.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)

Welfare WEL

NETWORK strongly supports permanent expansions of SNAP and WIC programs in the upcoming Budget Reconciliation process. NETWORK strongly supports extensions of pandemic unemployment assistance programs included in the American Rescue Plan. NETWORK supports the Biden Administration's American Family Plan call for expansion of supports for the unemployed and care workers.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

NETWORK strongly supports the Raise the Wage Act and urges immediate passage. NETWORK strongly supports the Equal Pay Act. NETWORK strongly supports enacting a set of standards for Unemployment Insurance (UI) including mandatory 26 weeks of benefits, adequate replacement wage levels (i.e. 75% of wages up to 2/3 of the states average wage), and ensuring that unemployed workers access to benefits is racially equitable. NETWORK supports the inclusion of permanent national paid family and medical leave programs in the upcoming recovery bill. It must have progressive wage replacement, job guarantees, and anti-retaliation language, inclusive definitions of family, and must center women of color in all decisions to ensure racially equitable access. NETWORK strongly supports the PRO Act (H.R. 842) to end right-to-work laws across the country and provide strong labor protections for workers.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 842 (117th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

NETWORK strongly supported making the expanded Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit permanent in the upcoming Budget Reconciliation bill. NETWORK strongly supports closing tax loopholes so that corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. This includes seeking repeal of many tax provisions passed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that benefits the rich and well-connected. NETWORK supports increased funding for the IRS to enable the agency to ensure the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share. NETWORK supports passage of a bill to ensure tax preparers are required to pass a competency test before providing services, particularly related to understanding complexity around the refundable credits. NETWORK supports efforts at the IRS to create a simple free file/no file system/s to allow low income individuals access to refundable credits.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

NETWORK strongly urges USTR to pursue a waiver to the TRIPs Agreement for COVID Vaccines to enable mass production of COVID Vaccines. NETWORK strongly urges USTR to enforce new labor and environmental standards in the USMCA to ensure all countries are meeting obligations. NETWORK strongly supports USTR efforts to review all trade policy from a worker centered perspective and to promote strongly labor and environmental standards.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

NETWORK strongly supports passage of H.R. 1/S. 1 and is working diligently to pass this bill. NETWORK strongly supports passage of H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and urges Congress to pass it immediately. NETWORK strongly supports, HR 40, A bill to set up a Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act. NETWORK strongly supports Every Child Deserves a Home protecting the rights of LGBTQ individuals and families to adopt foster children and to protect LGBTQ children in foster care. NETWORK strongly supports the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and urges passage in the 117th Congress.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1 (117th), H.R. 1 (117th), H.R. 40 (117th), H.R. 4 (117th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

NETWORK supports the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act and urges Congress pass it immediately. NETWORK strongly supports efforts to end discrimination in sentencing particularly related to drug convictions and to fully implement the First Step Act. We strongly support the Equal Act, which would end sentencing disparities between crack and cocaine convictions. NETWORK strongly urges the Biden Administration to end the federal death penalty. NETWORK strongly supports ensuring returning citizens have timely access to critical benefit programs such as healthcare, housing and food as well as immediate rights to participate in elections. NETWORK urges Congress to end the 1033 program which has lead to increased militarization of our communities and at the border.

Contacted: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

NETWORK believes all people living in the United States, including immigrants, should have access to healthcare. NETWORK supports Medicare for All and expanding benefits of the Medicare program. NETWORK urges closing the Medicaid coverage gap in the upcoming Budget Reconciliation bill and to provide Medicaid services to Incarcerated people. NETWORK supports the HEAL Act so that immigrants have full access to healthcare. NETWORK supports H.R. 3 and believes Medicare should have the ability to negotiate drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry. NETWORK strongly urges the Biden Administration to continue to provide global leadership to end the COVID pandemic. This includes promoting a TRIPs Waiver for COVID vaccines, testing and treatment at the WTO, using the Defense Production Act to mass produce treatments; fully funding production and distribution globally to vaccinate the world.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 3 (117th)

Housing HOU

NETWORK strongly supports Executive Action on eviction moratorium during the COVID pandemic. NETWORK strongly supports inclusion of HR the Housing is Infrastructure Act and the Ending Homelessness Act! in the upcoming recovery package. NETWORK strongly supports expanding access to broadband for all.

Contacted: Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)