Introduced
May 21, 2026
Ms. Tlaib (for herself, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Norton, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Morrison, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Simon, and Ms. Jayapal) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
RESOLUTION
Ending child poverty.
- (1) desires that no child should experience poverty in the United States and supports the establishment of a national child poverty reduction target to build the political will needed to make the investments and policy changes that will end child poverty;
- (2) recognizes that every child deserves access to nutritious meals, safe and stable housing, appropriate pediatric health care, clean air and drinking water, and other necessities, and children should not be denied resources because of the color of their skin, their household’s economic status or ZIP Code, their health care status, their gender identity and sexual orientation, or their immigration status;
- (3) supports making permanent investments on the scale of those made in 2021 to the Child Tax Credit, which significantly reduced child poverty and narrowed the poverty gap for Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native children;
- (4) recognizes that the United States underinvests in children and support making additional Federal investments for children, increasing the share of Federal spending on children, and addressing the budgetary structural disadvantages facing children’s programs;
- (5) supports access for all children to high-quality, affordable, and accessible learning opportunities, including mixed delivery systems, within child care, pre-K, Head Start, and Early Head Start in order to benefit children, their families, the early childhood workforce, and the economy;
- (6) guarantees accessible, diverse, safe, high-quality, equitable public education and accessible education infrastructure from pre-K–12 for all children, and protects and expands public resources for students with disabilities; and
- (7) encourages States, territories, and localities to enact policies that follow the direction provided by this resolution.