[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 39 (Thursday, March 25, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H1487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TAX RELIEF FOR FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REHBERG. Mr. Speaker, this spring as we complete another tax 
season, families and small businesses have reason to celebrate. Thanks 
to our $350 billion tax relief bill which the President signed into law 
last year, working taxpayers are getting back more of their hard-earned 
money. Families now have more money to put food on the table, pay their 
mortgages, and pick up school supplies for their kids. These families 
know the truth about taxes, that it is their money, not Washington's 
money. Letting them keep their money has helped put the economy back on 
track. This relief has given families and working taxpayers a smaller 
tax bite, an increase in the child credit to $1,000, and yet another 
reduction in the marriage penalty. No wonder families this year have 
reason to celebrate.
  I am happy to report for the first time in a long while unemployment 
is down in my home State of Montana. Montana's jobless rate is now just 
4.6 percent. Why? Because government does not create an economy, 
businesses do, one job at a time.

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