; Whereas the commitment to full employment has been embraced by Congress and is part of the statutory mandate of the Federal Reserve System; Whereas the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights recommended the enactment of a job guarantee as a powerful tool in the global fight against poverty and a way to contribute to a just transition toward a decarbonized economy in a 2023 report to the UN Human Rights Council; Whereas a job guarantee has been recognized by key international allies as an important part of any green transition, including the European Union; Whereas the United States has experienced decades of increasing inequality, racial economic exclusion and inequity, stagnant wages, declining union membership, and deteriorating workplace protections and conditions; Whereas the United States has experienced decades of chronic underinvestment in its communities, workforce, infrastructure, public services, agricultural and industrial heartland, and natural environment; Whereas the United States has, for decades, perpetuated a punitive, racist, ineffective criminal legal system that has systematically excluded millions of individuals from the workforce, failed to effectively promote reentry for previously incarcerated individuals, and forced incarcerated individuals to work in oppressive and exploitative conditions for effectively no pay; Whereas the United States is experiencing a long-term economic crisis in which many workers are overworked, underpaid, and experience job and economic insecurity, with at least 100,000,000 Americans living in or near poverty, and 24 percent of full-time workers earning less than $15 an hour according to the National Equity Atlas; Whereas even at the peak of a business cycle, with a relatively low unemployment rate, many workers remain job insecure, earn insufficient income, and experience un- and underemployment