[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 83 (Thursday, May 13, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             RELIEF PACKAGE

  (Ms. DelBENE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight a historic piece 
of the American Rescue Plan: the expanded child tax credit. Prior to 
this relief package, the child tax credit left behind one-third of all 
children because their parents earned too little to access the full 
benefit.
  The American Rescue Plan changed that by making the credit fully 
refundable, increasing the credit to $3,000 per child per year, $3,600 
for kids under the age of 6, and providing the credit in monthly 
payments starting this July. This 1-year expansion was a critical first 
step, but we must go further to rebuild our middle class. Children 
don't grow up in just 1 year or 5 years. We must make this expansion 
permanent.
  In Washington State, this is estimated to benefit 1.4 million 
children and reduce childhood poverty by 40 percent. I will continue 
fighting to make this expansion permanent and provide all kids with a 
fair opportunity to succeed.

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