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Iowa mother tells House panel child tax credit pays for specialized care; members push expansion
Summary
At a field hearing in Des Moines, Sarah Curry told the House Ways and Means Committee that the expanded child tax credit under the 2017 law helps her family cover therapy and medical costs for a child with autism; committee members discussed proposals to extend and expand the credit.
Sarah Curry, a mother of three from Glenwood, Iowa, told the House Ways and Means Committee that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s expansion of the child tax credit directly eased her family’s costs and allowed her to pay for therapies for one of her sons. "We redirect every dollar that otherwise would go to taxes to his therapies," Curry said during her five‑minute witness statement.
Curry described living…
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