[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 107 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5782-H5783]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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             WORKING AMERICANS DESERVE THE CHILD TAX CREDIT

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Madam Speaker, the other day I talked to a hard-working 
woman in my district. Sue has two children under the age of 18. 
Unfortunately, she is divorced and her ex-husband is not too reliable 
on his child support payments. Sue is a hard-working woman with a full-
time job. She made $200 a week on her first job, and then got a better 
job that paid her $7 an hour, where she grosses $14,500 a year.
  Every payday Sue pays her State taxes, Federal taxes, and her Social 
Security, FICA. When she filed her taxes, she received the earned 
income tax credit. She said the EITC helped her get caught up on her 
bills. It also in 1 year allowed her to buy tires so she could drive 
back and forth to work.
  Sue has never received public assistance. Because Sue received the 
earned

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income tax credit, and would receive the $500-per-child credit under 
the Democratic tax cut plan, Republicans say she is looking for 
welfare. Republicans say she should not receive the $500-per-child tax 
credit. Democrats see Sue as a hard-working American, and we will stand 
with her and her two children and give her the $500-per-child tax 
credit.

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