Support the Build Back Better plan's investments to recruit and retain educators and healthcare workers.

Becca Balint · Vermont · Democratic

spending impact 4.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 95%

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Do you support the investments of the Build Back Better plan to help recruit and retain educators and healthcare workers? Yes, I support.

Backs BBB workforce investments for educators and healthcare workers.

2022_aft-aft_vermont_candidate_questionnaire-beccabalint.pdf
primary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

Congress.gov lists Rep. Becca Balint as an original cosponsor of H.R.5433, the Child Care Stabilization Act. The bill would fund child care stabilization grants, including support for sustained and increased wages for early childhood educators and staff, and its latest action was referral to House Appropriations.

Balint took first-term legislative action backing a spending proposal closely aligned with Build Back Better-style educator/child-care workforce investments, but Congress.gov shows it remained introduced/referred rather than enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.5433 - Child Care Stabilization Act, 118th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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Congress.gov lists Rep. Becca Balint as sponsor of H.R.7394, introduced February 5, 2026, to establish a Mental and Behavioral Health Career Promotion Grant Program. The latest action was referral to House Energy and Commerce.

Balint later sponsored a bill to build the behavioral and mental health care workforce pipeline, showing continued support for healthcare-worker recruitment investments. The bill was only introduced/referred, so it supports partial rather than completed delivery.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.7394 - Mental Health Career Promotion Act, 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

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Assessments

never unknown A for effort

Balint took relevant federal legislative action: she was an original cosponsor of H.R.5433 in 2023 and sponsor of H.R.7394 in 2026, both aligned with educator or health workforce recruitment/retention investments. Congress.gov shows both remained introduced/referred and did not become law, so the promised spending outcome was not delivered. Sources: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5433/all-info and https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7394/all-info

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%