This is a historic moment for our country, Lawrence. It really is. We are about to create a child allowance that, as you have pointed out, will lift four million children, one half of children in this country out of poverty.
Rosa DeLauro emphasizes the significance of the child tax credit increase in the COVID relief bill and its impact on child poverty.
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This bill is a clear improvement over the House Republican continuing resolution.
These funds were provided for lifesaving medical research, not as extra money for the Department of Defense.
The Senate bill text is a clear improvement over the House Republican continuing resolution.
Circumventing Congress to divert money intended to help Americans who are exposed to HIV, influenza, tuberculosis, and other deadly diseases—and directing those funds to the Department of Defense—is beyond the pale.
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