[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 139 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H10036-H10037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REPUBLICANS BALANCING THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF THE WORKING POOR

  (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, I met with low-income working families in 
my district on Monday, and here is what they have to say about the GOP 
gimmick to delay their tax refund, the earned income tax credit:
  My colleagues do not know Christina Quinn, but she says, and I quote, 
``My

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husband and I budget for all of our bills, and we use the lump sum for 
things like buying a car because we have no credit. If we got it 
monthly, it would just be absorbed by the regular bills.''
  My colleagues do not know Gina Philips, but she has been using her 
yearly Federal tax refund to pay off her debts and clear up her credit 
so she can finally buy a home for herself and her 16-year-old daughter, 
and my colleagues do not know Jeanette Tilman, who says that Republican 
leaders in Congress who want to delay payment of the earned income tax 
credit for working families, and I quote, ``need to walk in our 
moccasins.''
  Yes indeed, the Republican leadership of this House should not try to 
balance the budget on the backs of the working poor. They ought to heed 
the words of their presidential standard bearer.

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