Good news is that when we pass the American rescue plan plan and we provided working class and low income families with a child tax credit, we cut childhood poverty in half. Bad news is that When Trump came to office and we were not able to maintain that policy, childhood poverty soared. That's how we treat our kids. We're in 35th out of 36th place. And when you talk about how we treat people, it's not only the children, it is our seniors. (15:18–15:28)
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Asserts that childhood poverty increased after the child tax credit policy was not maintained under Trump.
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