[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H2011-H2012]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SUPPORT THE $500-PER-CHILD TAX RELIEF AND OPPOSE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN 
                                  FUND

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, we just heard that the Republicans were 
trying to eliminate people on women and children fund. We have opposed 
increasing the number. Let me tell the Members the reason why. In 
Kansas right now, a family of four making $28,000 a year is eligible to 
receive benefits from the women and children fund. This is 180,000 
people who would receive about $300 per year if they did qualify for 
the WIC Program.
  However, if Members would just give them a little relief in their tax 
structure, like a $500-per-child tax credit, they would actually get 
more money. Instead of getting $600 per year for those two children, 
they would actually get $1,000 per year. It would be money they could 
control.

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  The difference in philosophies here is that the other side of the 
aisle would like to control how people run their lives and what they 
have to do with their money, but the Republicans trust people. They 
want them to have more of their own money to meet the needs that their 
children have, because who best would understand what a child needs, 
other than its parents?
  So I would support the $500 per child tax relief and oppose the women 
and children fund.

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