[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 183 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE CHILD TAX CREDIT IS SLASHING CHILD POVERTY

  (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of a bold build back 
better agenda that invests in addressing climate change, grows our 
economy, invests in children and education, and makes sure that every 
American has healthcare. We face a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and 
we have to move forward.
  We have to invest in our children, and we cannot allow for an 
obstinate few to threaten to squander any of this for their own vanity.
  We have to come together to find a center path forward. It is not 
this side or that side, but it is, rather, let's work together for 
progress that improves the security and the prosperity of the people we 
represent.
  Already, we have seen the immense good that policies like the 
expanded monthly child tax credit can do. The child tax credit is 
slashing child poverty.
  I recently spoke with Amanda Douglas, a single mother in my district 
with two young children, Axel and Avery. With the child tax credit, 
Amanda said that she no longer feels unbearable stress on a daily 
basis, that she is able to pay her bills and provide for her sons. So 
for Amanda, Axel, and Avery, for every family striving to realize the 
American Dream, we need to be investing in our families and young 
people to ensure that every child has the opportunities they deserve, 
not playing political games or holding people's futures hostage.

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