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Bernie Sanders: “We lowered childhood poverty in America by 40% [through the…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 22:50

And one of the really exciting things we did in the American Rescue Plan, as you'll recall, is we provided a $300, what they call refundable tax credit. We got a lot of money out to parents, and the result of that is We lowered childhood poverty in America by 40% [through the American Rescue Plan]. And that's something that obviously has to be made permanent. Harris talked about that recently. What do you think of where she landed on that issue, which I know is very important to you? (22:50–22:53)

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Asserts that the American Rescue Plan reduced childhood poverty in the U.S. by 40%.

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