This House resolution acknowledges the "Black Women Best" (BWB) framework. The resolution lists many findings about economic and health gaps facing Black women. It says Black women made up 6.4 percent of the workforce in 2025 and had a median annual salary of $40,000 compared with $63,210 for non-Hispanic men. The resolution says Black women earned about 63 to 66 cents for every dollar made by a White, non-Hispanic man in 2025, and it states Black women lost over 300,000 jobs in 2025. It also says over 4,000,000 Black women relied on Medicaid in 2024 and that about 5 percent of Black women report serious psychological distress. The resolution names policy ideas tied to the BWB framework, including guaranteed income and direct cash transfers, expanding the child tax credit and earned income tax credit, increasing access to equitable health care and government assistance, prohibiting policing in schools, and prioritizing restorative justice. The resolution says Congress should support using frameworks like BWB, encourage their use when making policy, and consider legislative proposals from a March 2023 Congressional Caucus report called "An Economy for All: Building a 'Black Women Best' Legislative Agenda."
This resolution is a formal statement by the House that supports the BWB framework. It does not itself change law or create programs. It signals that members of the House want to center Black women's experiences in future policymaking and to consider the ideas listed, such as guaranteed income, tax changes, health access improvements, and ending policing in schools.
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Supporters in the text argue the BWB framework can repair historical disparities, center Black women's lived experiences, and promote policies that improve economic security, health care access, and education outcomes. The resolution lists actions supporters favor, such as guaranteed income, expanding child and earned income tax credits, increased access to equitable health care, prohibiting policing in schools, and prioritizing restorative justice.
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