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Jahana Hayes: “The child tax credit literally reduced child poverty by up…”

Featuring: Jahana Hayes, Democratic | U.S. House, Connecticut, District 5

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May 13th 2024_ Congresswoman Jahana Hayes

Published | Video Starts at 07:14

Some of the legislative things that we've done, I think one of the biggest, although it's related, but not to child care, but the child tax credit, which I think was one of the best things that we've done in The child tax credit literally reduced child poverty by up to 50%, it's been reported. For that to have been taken away is something that we have to fight to bring it back and make it permanent. (07:14–07:35)

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