We were there because lawmakers hadn’t listened to them up to now, and they need to be heard. 50,000 children in West Virginia have been thrown back into poverty since the enhanced Child Tax Credit (CTC) expired in December. There are millions more children nationwide.

Congress must stop ignoring parents’ voices.

WE NEED YOU to make sure these moms’ efforts—going all the way to DC, taking time off work, leaving their children behind for the day—pay off with real policy change.