HRES540119th Congress

Supporting the values of the Equity or Else quality-of-life platform and acknowledging the need for the House of Representatives to use the platform as a holistic framework for drafting and implementing policy that promotes racial and economic equity for all across various social issues.

Sponsored By: Representative Lee (PA)

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Summary

This resolution would endorse the Equity or Else quality-of-life platform and push for systemic change to achieve racial and economic equity. It centers equity across the five basic institutions identified by the United Nations: education, health care, housing, food systems, and clothing, and calls for impacted communities to guide resources and policy.

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  • Black, Brown, Indigenous, and working-class communities would be named as the focus of redirected resources and community-led decision making to address systemic harms.
  • Families and children would see calls for investments in public schools, community-school models to reduce the school-to-prison pipeline, youth centers, and free or low-cost childcare.
  • Workers and young people would gain emphasis on widely accessible apprenticeship and job training, job opportunities for any youth who wants one, and bans on discriminatory job screenings for formerly incarcerated people.
  • Food access and agriculture policy would push to eliminate food deserts and invest in Black farmers.
  • Health and seniors would see support for funding safety-net hospitals with equitable care and a push for transformative reforms such as Medicare for All.
  • Renters and communities facing displacement would see support for rent control to address gentrification and to enable affordable homeownership pathways.
  • Households would be targeted for environmental health fixes, including eliminating lead pipes and guaranteeing clean water.
  • Immigrants would be offered pathways to citizenship as part of the platform.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Lee (PA)

PA • D

Cosponsors

  • Jackson (IL)

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Ramirez

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Adams

    NC • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Carson

    IN • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Fields

    LA • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Garcia (CA)

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Green, Al (TX)

    TX • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Johnson (GA)

    GA • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Omar

    MN • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Schakowsky

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Thanedar

    MI • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Tlaib

    MI • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • McIver

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Garcia (IL)

    IL • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2025

  • Clarke (NY)

    NY • D

    Sponsored 9/4/2025

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