As chairman of the Budget Committee, I helped write the American Rescue plan, which put a lot of money into people's pockets. We cut childhood poverty by 40% by providing a child tax credit. We kept hospitals going, we kept colleges going, kept people from getting evicted, helped get public health out to help people, getting the vaccines. You know, I'm proud of that. But at the end of the day, I think what I have shown is that the ideas. This gets back to the early part of this conversation. (55:26–55:35)
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