[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 98 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES DESERVE THE CHILD TAX CREDIT

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the prior gentleman asked about challenging 
the information from the Joint Committee on Taxation. The fact of the 
matter is, very plainly, is that the Joint Committee on Taxation 
analysis only analyzes the first 5 years of a 10-year program that the 
Republicans have put together. Their tax cuts for the wealthy are 
phased in so that their analysis is only that first 5 years, and then 
they hide their tax cuts for the wealthy in the later years.
  I rise today to respond to inaccurate claims by my Republican 
colleagues that Americans receiving the earned income tax credit are on 
welfare. Let me tell my colleagues the story of a young police officer 
from Georgia, just starting out, $23,000 a year.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a man who protects our kids, patrols our 
streets, risks his life every single day to keep our communities safe, 
yet the Republicans say that he is not worthy of their child tax credit 
simply because he and his family do not make a lot of money. They 
actually accuse him and his family of being on welfare. Shame on them.
  This is a man who goes to work every day, who pays taxes, whether it 
is Federal taxes or payroll taxes. All he knows is there is less money 
in his pocket.
  Let us focus this tax proposal on working middle-class families in 
this country, not the wealthy.

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