STATE OF THE UNION STATEMENT – FEB 2026
As a nation, we are experiencing the detrimental effects of this administration’s policies, including OBBA/HR 1, the assault on civil liberties, and the undermining of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This administration is actively dismantling our healthcare system, cutting vital nutrition programs for children and seniors, and eliminating critical climate initiatives. While working families struggle to afford basic necessities, the administration has prioritized handing $4.5 trillion to corporations and billionaires and allocating $170 billion to build a private army. ICE is harassing, murdering, and disappearing legally present immigrants and citizens, or locking them up in for-profit “detention centers” that are nothing less than modern-day concentration camps. Our government is openly disregarding the rule of law and establishing an authoritarian state.
It is heartbreaking to reflect on the state of our union, but Americans are fighting back. We stand firm on the Constitution and the law. Our communities are committed to building the future we need and deserve with resiliency and joy, focused on essential priorities for working families:
- Comprehensive Childcare: Protecting and supporting the development of every child and supporting childcare workers.
- Universal Paid Family and Medical Leave: Ensuring time off to welcome a new child, care for oneself or a sick family member, or be present during military deployments.
- Quality Elder and Disability Care: Implementing healthy practices that foster independence and dignity.
- A Robust Healthcare System: Ensuring everyone has the ability to thrive with full reproductive rights and bodily autonomy.
The FV@W Action Network, along with the care community and justice-seeking people nationwide, are united and clear about this vision. We are fighting for it every single day. Join this fight—because we will win.
Family Values @ Work Action works in partnership with their state coalitions to build political power among historically disenfranchised voters in the movement for care and caregiving and other economic security issues through public education and civic engagement strategies.
Media Contact: Carol Joyner, Family Values @ Work Action, media@familyvaluesaction.org or Maria Consuelo Gonima, Big Smile Co maria@bigsmile.co.