Patrick T. Brown

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Patrick T. Brown is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where his work with the Life and Family Initiative focuses on developing a robust pro-family economic agenda and supporting families as the cornerstone of a healthy and flourishing society.

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Patrick T. Brown is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where his work focuses on developing a robust pro-family economic agenda and supporting families as the cornerstone of a healthy and flourishing society.

His writing has been published in The New York Times, National Review, Politico, The Washington Post, and USA Today, and he has spoken on college campuses and Capitol Hill on topics from welfare reform to child-care and education policy.

He has published reports on paid leave and family policy with the Institute for Family Studies, and edited an essay series featuring working-class voices for American Compass. He is an advisory board member of Humanity Forward and the Center on Child and Family Policy and a contributing editor to Public Discourse.

Prior to joining EPPC, Patrick served as a senior policy advisor to Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. There, he helped lead research about how to make it more affordable to raise a family and more effectively invest in youth and young adults. He also previously worked a government-relations staffer for Catholic Charities USA.

Patrick graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in political science and economics. He also holds a Master’s in Public Affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He and his wife Jessica have four young children and live in Columbia, S.C.

 

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EPPC Policy Memo Calls for Federal Action on Tax Relief for Parents

(Washington) — A new policy memo from scholars at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the Niskanen Center calls…

 

EPPC Fellow Submits Comments to Congress on Paid Family Leave

EPPC fellow Patrick T. Brown recently submitted comments on paid leave, in response to a request for information from a…

 

EPPC Scholars and Others Submit Comments on HHS’s Proposed TANF Program Rule that Targets Pro-Life…

On Friday, December 1, 2023, EPPC scholars Rachel N. Morrison, Eric Kniffin, and Patrick T. Brown submitted a public comment…

 

EPPC Scholars Pen Joint Letter on Paid Leave Principles

On October 25, EPPC scholars Erika Bachiochi and Patrick T. Brown joined scholars and writers from the Institute for Family…

 

EPPC Scholars Release “Envisioning a Pro-Family Policy Agenda: A Statement of Principles”

Responding to the new realities of a post-Roe America, declining marriage rates, and record-low fertility, a collection of leading legal…

 

EPPC Scholars Comment on Historic Supreme Court Ruling Overturning Roe v. Wade

Scholars at the Ethics and Public Policy Center today commented on the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s…

 

EPPC Welcomes Patrick T. Brown as Fellow in Family Policy

The Ethics and Public Policy Center is pleased to announce that Patrick T. Brown, a former senior Senate staffer in the Joint Economic Committee and family policy analyst, has joined EPPC as a Fellow, working on pro-family social and economic policy.

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Family Matters from Fellow Patrick T. Brown of the Life and Family Initiative is a weekly update on the policies and ideas that can better support parents and strengthen families as the essential building block of a healthy society.