[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 143 (Sunday, October 11, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    WITH A $500-PER-CHILD TAX CREDIT THIS IS A DO-SOMETHING CONGRESS

  (Mr. MANZULLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues know, the fact that 
Congress does not pass a lot of laws does not mean it is a do-nothing 
Congress. Did my colleagues ever stop to realize that a Congress that 
passes a lot of laws is the same one that passes a lot of regulations? 
Creates more programs? More bureaucrats? Evidently to some people on 
the other side, they think that that is a productive Congress.
  But, as my colleagues know, for every family in the United States 
beginning this year that has a child under 17 year old the parents will 
be able to keep $400 more of their taxes, and after that, $500 more of 
their taxes, a $500 child credit. We Republicans believe the American 
people know how to spend their hard-earned dollars a lot better than 
the United States Congress. With a $500 per child tax credit, they can 
keep that as opposed to paying taxes. That is a do-something Congress.




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