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“I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. DelBene). Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Speaker, later this evening, my colleague and friend, Congresswoman DeLauro, will offer a motion to add the expanded child tax credit to the rules package, This gives us an opportunity to start the 118th Congress on the right foot. Instead of focusing on an extremist agenda, we can advance a proven solution to an issue that impacts every community in our country-- childhood poverty. The United States, shamefully, has one of the highest rates of childhood poverty in the developed world. We have a solution that we know works, the expanded child tax credit that delivered up to $300 per child each month to over 40 million families. These resources helped parents pay for food, rent, gas, and other essentials. We must bring back the expanded child tax credit and deliver for children and families. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this motion to commit. Reducing childhood poverty should be a bipartisan effort.”