[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 13, 2018)] [House] [Page H1530] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] THE SAVANNAH HOPE STILLBIRTH CHILD TAX CREDIT (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as the author of the Savannah Hope Stillbirth Child Tax Credit Act, which would allow a one-time refundable tax credit after the stillbirth in a family, the same amount that is given for the existing child tax credit. The bill is named after Savannah Schumacher, a baby that Steve and Jill Schumacher from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, lost at 33 weeks. Mr. Speaker, families of stillborn children not only face medical expenses that aren't always covered by insurance, but they face burial, cremation, and grief counseling costs that add up to be very significant expenses. Minnesota is among the States that have already enacted these credits at the State level. And while a tax credit can't make up for the loss of a child, it does acknowledge that child's existence, even though he or she passed away before birth, and it will hopefully help support grieving families that have gone through the unthinkable. ____________________