Letter to the editor: Pass Build Back Better Act

I was saddened to read the article “Eat’n Park to close Squirrel Hill location” (Jan. 4, TribLIVE). This pandemic feels like it is never ending, and lots of people are suffering economically. We need assistance from the government by passing the Build Back Better Act.

Build Back Better will help 300,000 new low-income renter households finally get assistance to help them afford a place to live. It also extends the new Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments, which already have lifted nearly 4 million children out of poverty and helped millions of families pay the rent, put food on the table, find child care and more.

I call on Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey to push this legislation through the Senate to get it passed.

Lily Callaway

Lawrenceville