[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H5178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CHILD TAX CREDIT SHOULD APPLY TO ALL

  (Mr. SNYDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, hopefully this week the House will correct 
an error in the most recently signed tax cut bill and extend the tax 
credit to literally hundreds of thousands of American families who do 
not qualify under the act that was signed by the President.
  One of the arguments that has been used against extending this tax 
credit for children to lower-income people is that they do not pay 
enough taxes.
  This is the most recent payroll stub from one of my Little Rock 
residents, a single mom with two children. She works over 40 hours a 
week as a certified nursing assistant at a State facility.
  She pays $51.80 so far this year in Federal taxes. Look at the next 
two lines. She pays Social Security tax, a Federal tax. She pays her 
Medicare tax. A Federal tax. She pays State taxes. She pays State 
excise tax. She pays State sales tax. These people pay taxes. They have 
children. They deserve to get the benefit of this tax cut also. Please 
vote for a clean version of the extension of this child tax credit.

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