[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 21, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            CHILD TAX CREDIT

  (Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise on the 200th day 
of the House Democrats delivering for the people.
  Madam Speaker, over the years, I have had the opportunity to mentor 
young girls from hard-pressed families, and I will tell you this, they 
taught me more than I ever could teach them. And I learned that even 
with mothers working two jobs, there were weeks of just peanut butter 
in their pantry and having to move place to place just to find 
affordable rent.
  That is why I celebrate the historic expansion of the child tax 
credit in the American Rescue package, because it has the power to lift 
millions of children out of poverty, give them the futures they 
deserve. It is going to help our families thrive and our economy to 
recover. We can build back better by lifting our children.

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