this week we re also passing urgently needed fix for military families facing tax hikes under the gop tax scam. with the kiddie tax, republicans took half a billion dollars from working families and gave it to big corporations and the wealthy. half a billion dollars. the kiddie tax. it is unacceptable surviving children of our fallen heroes who suffered so much are now forced to pay thousands of additional dollars in taxes on their benefits. they cannot be forced to sacrifice twice. as democrats take action to protect military families who are also hard at work to protect our workers in stark contrast to republicans special interest agenda. today in the same legislation that contains the kiddie tax act, to tax fix, to fix what the republicans did in their tax scam, we are passing the secure