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On the recordDecember 1, 2017
without the Brown-Bennet amendment, a Senator's kid gets more tax relief than the daughter of a family in Garfield Heights, OH, who makes $40,000 a year. I will say that again. A Senator's kid gets more tax relief than the daughter of a family earning $30,000 or $40,000. Brown-Bennet is permanent; Rubio-Lee isn't. Brown-Bennet provides more for small children at the most important time in their young lives. My wife and I live in Cleveland, OH, in ZIP Code 44105. Our ZIP Code had more foreclosures in 2007 than any ZIP Code in the United States of America. This amendment helps to answer that. ZIP Codes should not be the determining factor for the future of a child. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio
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Dec 1, 2017

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