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Ventura County Sher- iff Geoff Dean called for a moment of silence in Iverson’s memory Thursday night at an informational meeting for resi- dents of the rural town of Fill- more, near an eastern flank of the fire. “As I was up in the canyon and I watched his fire brethren remove his flag-draped body from the canyon in the hills above where we sit right here, I couldn’t help but think about his pregnant wife and his young low-income families can claim for their children. “The #workingclass is always forgotten in D.C. We need to add more #taxcuts for #workingclass parents espe- cially those earning 20k- 50K,” Rubio wrote. At the White House, Trump said he was confident that Con- gress would pass the legisla- tion. The package would give generous tax cuts to corpora- tions and the wealthiest Amer- icans — Trump among them — and more modest tax cuts to low- and middle-income families. Members of a House-Sen- ate conference committee were signing the final version of the legislation today. 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