; and (2) Congress commits to heal the Nation, beginning over the next two years, by— (A) prioritizing and centering the needs of the 140,000,000 in laws and legislation, including in infrastructure development, by— (i) updating the poverty measure to reflect what it takes to have a decent standard of living in the United States today and to establish a new standard for social welfare programs that permanently expand welfare benefits, provide cash assistance programs, and guarantee regular adequate incomes to all; (ii) raising the minimum wage to a living wage and guaranteeing the right to form and join unions for all workers; (iii) expanding unemployment insurance and ensuring paid family and medical leave for all workers; (iv) implementing a Federal jobs guarantee to increase public investments and infrastructure in poor and low-income communities that prioritize green and socially beneficial industries, public health, public education, care work, public transit and roads, public utilities, broadband, sanitation and water services, climate resilience, sustainable food production and distribution, libraries, fire stations, and cultural work; (v) guaranteeing safe and quality housing for all by enacting rent control policies, ending all evictions, canceling past due rent and mortgage payments and rehabilitating and expanding the stock of affordable and public housing, as well as public housing and rental assistance, and housing people experiencing homelessness through Housing-First principles, rather than expanding the shelter system; (vi) guaranteeing the right to water by ending water and utility shut offs and making clean water and sanitation services accessible to all