[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H1854-H1855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    DENY AMNESTY CREDITS ACT OF 2015

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Weber) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to speak on the recent 
introduction of my bill, H.R. 1332, the Deny Amnesty Credits Act of 
2015, in order to put our country and our Americans first.
  As a response to the President's unauthorized and illegal actions 
granting amnesty, my bill will prevent those who are granted deferred 
action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, and the 
Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA, from 
qualifying for the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit.
  As it stands, the President's illegal executive amnesty would allow 
illegal aliens to obtain Social Security numbers and the ability to 
receive as much as $35,000 of hardworking taxpayer moneys on their tax 
returns from the United States Treasury. The money that is from our 
hardworking taxpayers, don't they deserve to be put first?

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  According to the Congressional Budget Office, this would cost 
American taxpayers $10.2 billion because of an illegal executive 
program never authorized by Congress.
  America can no longer be the world's ATM. This President has trampled 
upon our Constitution and has circumvented Congress to ensure his 
political legacy far too many times, and it must stop. Instead of 
working with Congress to secure our borders and to uphold the law of 
the land, this administration is offering executive amnesty and tax 
credits to illegal aliens.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to put America first. We must hold this 
administration accountable for actions that circumvent Congress' 
constitutional power of the purse, costing billions of taxpayer 
dollars--our taxpayers.
  My bill, the Deny Amnesty Credits Act of 2015, will do just that. It 
will put America first. It will help put us on that path. It will help 
our hard-working Americans to be first and foremost in the hearts of 
us--of our Congress, the elected Representatives--who are, quite 
frankly, charged with putting Americans first.
  Mr. Speaker, did I mention? It is time to put America first.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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