Today, First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to the House of Representatives expressing our profound opposition to H.R. 1, legislation that threatens to fundamentally weaken the health, nutrition, economic security, and future prospects of tens of millions of our nation’s children.
Excerpt from the letter:
At First Focus Campaign for Children, we believe every child deserves the opportunity to thrive and fulfill their potential, regardless of who their parents are, how much money their family earns, or where they live. Yet instead of lifting up our nation’s children, H.R. 1 places them in greater peril, now and for decades to come.
This bill is being sold as a plan to “protect, preserve, and strengthen” critical programs for children. But the reality is starkly different. H.R. 1 would drive what may be the largest transfer of wealth in modern American history: from children to the elderly, from struggling families to the wealthiest households, and from the future to the past.