Survey of 2022 Senate campaign websites: on Families & Children

Cheri Beasley: Pass Federal Paid Family and Medical leave

Cheri will also fight to make the Expanded Child Tax Credit permanent and pass Federal Paid Family and Medical leave to help people balance work and family when welcoming a child, caring for a loved one or dealing with a personal illness, just as she created a family leave policy for North Carolina court employees when she served as Chief Justice. Source: 2022 N.C. Senate campaign website CheriBeasley.com Dec 1, 2021

Luke Mixon: Parents should have access to affordable child care

Part of ensuring that our economy works for everyone is making sure that parents have access to affordable child care options so that they can drop their kids off somewhere safe and reliable when they go to work, without breaking the bank. John Kennedy knows that parents need affordable child care, yet he opposes legislation that would make it a reality, like the Build Back Better Act. I will fight to get Louisiana families the help they need. Source: 2022 Louisiana Senate campaign website LukeMixon.com Jul 19, 2021

Natalie Fleming: Respect, love everyone; support traditional family

Natalie embraces her strong Judeo-Christian faith and values, a part of those values is the knowledge that everyone here on this earth is a sacred child of God worthy of respect, love, and protection. Natalie Fleming firmly believes that the Family with a Father and a Mother is the fundamental sacred unit ordained by our Creator to raise his children. Natalie embraces, loves, and fiercely protects each and all of her loved ones regardless of sexual and gender diversity. Natalie gets it. Source: 2022 Idaho Senate campaign website NatalieIsAwesome.com Jun 28, 2022

Sharif Street: Every woman deserves access to affordable childcare

Sharif stands up for all women rights issues, and acknowledges the financial disparities between men and women, violence against women, and inadequate representation in various fields. He is also fighting for affordable childcare for all Pennsylvania moms. Every woman deserves access to affordable childcare, so they can effectively provide for their families. Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website StreetForPA.com Jun 27, 2022

Tammy Baldwin: Treatment foster care helps kids stay out of institutions

Therapeutic, or treatment, foster care (TFC) is an alternative form of care for some of our most vulnerable youth. The TFC model works to keep particularly vulnerable youth out of costly and often ineffective institutional care. Through TFC, foster parents are given special training to address the needs of youth with major mental and/or physical health challenges. Also through this program, children are given access to intensive in-home services to better sustain them in the community. Source: 2022 Wisconsin Senate campaign website baldwin.senate.gov Feb 21, 2014

Trudy Busch Valentine: Paid sick leave is good for the economy

Guaranteeing paid sick leave. Trudy believes we must ensure no one has to choose between keeping their job and looking out for their health and protecting their loved ones. Paid sick leave is also good for the economy and ensures that illnesses are not rapidly spread through job sites. Source: 2022 MO Senate campaign website TrudyBuschValentine.com Jul 31, 2022

Trudy Busch Valentine: Restore and expand Child Tax Credit; make it permanent

The American Rescue Plan temporarily expanded The Child Tax Credit, providing hardworking families with major tax relief. The CTC helped families make ends meet and lifted 3 million children out of poverty. However the expanded tax credit expired and has not been renewed. Trudy believes that lowering childhood poverty is good for all of us and will be a champion for expanding this tax credit once again and making the expansion permanent. Source: 2022 MO Senate campaign website TrudyBuschValentine.com Jul 31, 2022

Will Boyd: Oppose efforts to limit Family and Medical Leave Act

Oppose efforts which seek to limit the circumstances under which an employee is able to take unpaid leave under The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
Support expansion of the FMLA to cover workers in companies with fewer than fifty employees
Support the rights of workers promised sick leave as well as those promised paid time off

Source: 2022 Alabama Senate campaign website DrWillBoyd.com May 25, 2022

Luke Mixon: Make daycare more affordable so both parents can work

The average family with two kids in Louisiana spends one-fifth of their household income on daycare. That is a prohibitive cost that discourages parents–particularly mothers–from entering the workforce, hurting our families and our economy. I will work to make daycare more affordable to ensure more households can enjoy the financial security that comes from bringing home two paychecks. Source: 2022 Louisiana Senate campaign website LukeMixon.com Oct 12, 2022

Pat Chesbro: Reinstate and expand the 2021 Child Tax Credit

In order to thrive in the workplace, working families must have access to affordable childcare. I support the provisions in the Build Back Better Act that address the long-standing crisis in childcare in Alaska. The 2021 Child Tax Credit of $3000-$3600 for all working families lifted many children out of poverty, but it was not extended beyond 2021. I will fight to reinstate the credit and expand it in the future. Source: 2022 Alaska Senate campaign website ChesbroForAlaska.com Oct 7, 2022

John Fetterman: Fight for universal pre-k and childcare

In Washington, I'll fight for universal pre-k and childcare, and I'll make sure our public schools have the funding they need so our teachers aren't shouldering so much of a burden. I will also work to increase investments in career and technical programs to prepare young adults for successful and in-demand careers in critical industries. And for students who do opt to attend college, to make sure the cost isn't a barrier I'll support efforts to make community colleges tuition-free and reduce the burden of student loan debt that too many borrowers are experiencing right now.

There are too few opportunities for the many young people who don't think college is the right option for them. If we want to prepare the next generation for a highly competitive world, we need to get serious about what education in the 21st century looks like.

Source: 2022 Pennsylvania Senate campaign website Fetterman.com Jan 1, 2024

The above quotations are from Survey of 2022 Senate campaign websites. Click here for definitions & background information on Families & Children. Click here for other issues (main summary page). Click here for more quotes by Kamala Harris on Families & Children. Click here for more quotes by Catherine Cortez Masto on Families & Children.
*Candidates and political leaders on Families & Children:*
*Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:* GA:Chambliss(R) IA:Harkin(D) MI:Levin(D) MT:Baucus(D) NE:Johanns(R) OK:Coburn(R) SD:Johnson(D) WV:Rockefeller(D) *Resigned from 113th House:* AL-1:Jo Bonner(R) FL-19:Trey Radel(R) LA-5:Rod Alexander(R) MA-5:Ed Markey(D) MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R) NC-12:Melvin Watt(D) SC-1:Tim Scott(R)	*Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:* AR-4:Tom Cotton(R) GA-1:Jack Kingston(R) GA-10:Paul Broun(R) GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R) HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D) IA-1:Bruce Braley(D) LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R) ME-2:Mike Michaud(D) MI-14:Gary Peters(D) MT-0:Steve Daines(R) OK-5:James Lankford(R) PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D) TX-36:Steve Stockman(R) WV-2:Shelley Capito(R)	*Retired House as of Jan. 2015:* AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R) AR-2:Tim Griffin(R) CA-11:George Miller(D) CA-25:Howard McKeon(R) CA-33:Henry Waxman(D) CA-45:John Campbell(R) IA-3:Tom Latham(R) MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R) NC-6:Howard Coble(R) NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D) NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R) NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D) NY-21:Bill Owens(D) PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R) UT-4:Jim Matheson(D) VA-8:Jim Moran(D) VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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