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Tammy Baldwin: “The child tax credit is one that's extremely important to…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Western Wisconsin Video Town Hall 1-27-25

Published | Video Starts at 15:38

Think about the high cost of child care and I hope maybe we'll have an opportunity to talk a little bit more about child care later. But you know, it costs a lot to raise a kid or kids. So The child tax credit is one that's extremely important to me. I'd love to see it be refundable and to be increased. We know that when we increased it temporarily during the pandemic that half of children who were in poverty were lifted out of poverty. (15:38–15:47)

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Asserts support for making the child tax credit refundable and increased.

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