Rep. Ritchie Torres on Expanding the Child Tax Credit

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 9, 2021

Proponents of a child tax credit expansion in the $1.9 trillion COVID aid bill say that this move will lift millions of children and families out of poverty. U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY15) is one of this proposal's loudest advocates in Washington. He joins us to discuss it.

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