Sherrod Brown: “The child tax credit dropped the child poverty rate by 40%.”

“They could have funded that. They could have funded the child tax credit, which is a bill I worked on for years. The child tax credit dropped the child poverty rate by 40%. Middle class kids, working class kids, poor kids. It made a huge difference in their lives. We're not doing that. We're not funding health clinics.” (12:03–12:08)

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