[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 53 (Thursday, April 15, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H2582-H2583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TAX CUTS BENEFIT OHIOANS

  (Mr. WILSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WILSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, as this country's economy was about 
to fall off the cliff, Congress acted. We strengthened and improved our 
economy by helping working families. On Tax Day, it is important to 
note that 99 percent of the working families in my State of Ohio have 
benefited from 25 different tax cuts through the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act.
  Mr. Speaker, according to the Citizens for Tax Justice, working 
people in Ohio received on average $1,046 from these breaks. That 
includes an average of $496 from one of the fastest and most widely 
shared tax cuts in American history, the Making Work Pay tax cut. 
Social Security recipients received a one-time recovery payment of 
$250. And more than 879,000 families in Ohio were protected from paying 
higher taxes under the alternative minimum tax.

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  More must be done as we put America back to work, but I am proud to 
have supported the Recovery Act and am pleased to see the tax cuts 
helping so many Americans.

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