SEIU Healthcare member Glenda Faatoafe, a home care worker in Washington State, testified before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, urging Senator Kennedy and other committee members to pass the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act to protect seniors and people with disabilities.

"We need to invest more in home and community-based services," said Faatoafe, a caregiver for the past eleven years. Faatoafe now cares for a 47 year-old quadriplegic man who became paralyzed two years ago after a car accident.