[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 164 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4878]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                           BUILD BACK BETTER

  (Mr. AUCHINCLOSS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in favor of the Build 
Back Better agenda and the investments it makes in our Nation's care 
economy. Specifically, I urge the House to invest $250 billion over 10 
years in Medicaid Home and Community Based Services. This will give 
domestic workers a long overdue raise in wages and vastly expand 
covered services for aging families.
  Expanding Medicaid will fail a tragic gap in our long-term care 
system that forces seniors and people with disabilities out of their 
homes.
  Today, over 3.5 million older adults and people with disabilities 
receive Medicaid for home-based care, but because of caps on coverage, 
820,000 Americans remain on wait lists. Meanwhile, domestic workers 
earn poverty wages without access to a safety net.
  Let's pass both the Build Back Better Act and the bipartisan 
infrastructure bill to right this wrong, invest in our care economy, 
and protect American working families.

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