[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   CHILD TAX CREDIT MONTHLY PAYMENTS

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, it is an honor to be with you today 
and to tell everyone how excited I am that on July 15 checks are going 
to be arriving at the homes of families with children who have been 
struggling for a year and a half, and many have really come to the 
brink because of the pandemic that we are facing.
  This is the child tax credit that is actually going to reduce child 
poverty by half in the United States of America. It was part of the 
American Rescue Plan, which we passed in January, and now it is going 
to come to help people in the form of a check. These payments provide 
poor, working- and middle-class families with meaningful tax relief.
  In my district, over 70 percent of children will benefit from the 
expanded credit; over 100,000 families in total. This is the result of 
our work to make sure that families are no longer suffering because of 
the pandemic.

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