[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 130 (Thursday, September 30, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H9028-H9029]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       REPUBLICANS WANT TO ELIMINATE THE EARNED INCOME TAX REFUND

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, during the August work recess, 
when I visited with constituents in my district in Houston, Texas, a 
city that I might say is doing considerably well and individuals are 
quite pleased with the state of the economy, but when I discuss with 
them the $792 billion tax cut, they were in complete horror at the 
thought that we would misuse the people's money for a tax cut for golf 
courses and various other extracurricular-type programs.
  But what is more horrific is the fact that I also met with working 
families

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with young children, many of whom receive the earned income tax credit, 
something that has been vital to thousands of families in my district, 
and to realize that, when I came back after this work recess, that I 
would be facing the Republicans slowing down or eliminating the earned 
income tax refund to working families. In fact, one of their very own 
said, ``I have a real problem with delaying payments to poor people.''
  Mr. Speaker, this is an outrage. This is something that should not 
happen.

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