2023 State of the Union address: on Families & Children


Delia Ramirez: Revive the Child Tax Credit

That means we won't give up on those family-supporting investments we came so close to winning. So I'm glad that the President called for reviving the Child Tax Credit and expanding Medicaid, and taxing billionaires to pay for it. We also must take action right now with the power that we do have. The President can use executive authority to further reduce drug prices. He can stand up protections for renters and hold corporate landlords accountable for rent price gouging and housing discrimination.
Source: Working Families Party on 2023 State of the Union speech Feb 7, 2023

Joe Biden: Paid family leave & Child Tax Credit increase productivity

Let's make sure working parents can afford to raise a family with sick days, paid family and medical leave, and affordable child care that will enable millions more people to go to work. Let's also restore the full Child Tax Credit, which gave tens of millions of parents some breathing room and cut child poverty in half, to the lowest level in history. And by the way, when we do all of these things, we increase productivity. We increase economic growth.
Source: 2023 State of the Union speech as prepared for delivery Feb 7, 2023

  • The above quotations are from 2023 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Republican, Working Family, and MAGA response.
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2016 Presidential contenders on Families & Children:
  Republicans:
Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI) 		Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

2016 Third Party Candidates:
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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