[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 82 (Wednesday, May 12, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       EXPANDED CHILD TAX CREDIT

  (Mr. GARCIA of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GARCIA of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I represent a working-class 
district in Chicago, and my community has been especially hard-hit by 
the pandemic.
  I have one of the largest percentages of school-age children in my 
district, and my neighbors are worried about putting food on the table. 
I have seen the lines at food banks grow and grow.
  But the expanded child tax credit in the American Rescue Plan changes 
that. Nearly 90 percent of the children in my district will benefit. 
And more than 40,000 households will get an average of $3,300, parents 
like Jaime in Logan Square, who will finally be able to send his son to 
college this year at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
thanks to this tax credit.
  This program is about helping their children thrive, and in my 
community, it is already working.

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