The House Majority has finally agreed upon a Build Back Better package, and is poised to vote on it when they return to Washington following their Veterans’ Day Week recess. It contains many provisions that will help millions of everyday people and families who need health care, prescription drugs, child care, preschool, home care, paid leave and housing during the ongoing pandemic and economic recession. Importantly, it will also invest in climate justice.

Rep. Kathleen Rice (NY-4, Nassau) has been ambivalent about the Build Back Better package all along, but she released a statement last week that says she will support it when it comes to a vote provided there are no major substantive changes or any new financial analysis that indicates it to be out of balance

Join Long Islanders and others on Wednesday in Garden City for a candlelight vigil and march to Rep. Rice's district office, to call on her to keep her promise to vote YES on the Build Back Better package. We will gather in a small park located on the traffic island at the corner of Franklin Ave. and Stewart Ave. Bring relevant banners and signs, and, if possible, a candle in a glass jar.

Sponsoring organizations:

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Long Island Federation of Labor
New York State Council of Churches
Long Island Progressive Coalition
Metro New York Health Care for All
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network
Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of New York State
Our Revolution: New York Progressive Action Network
Together we will Long Island
Long Island Activists
New York State Alliance for Retired Americans
NY Caring Majority
Suffolk Progressives
Long Island Social Justice Action Network
Indivisible Nassau County
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Long Island
Nassau County DSA
Sierra Club