[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H181-H182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                 AMERICA'S CHILDREN ARE COUNTING ON US

  (Ms. SCANLON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, January 14 marks the first time in 6 
months that families will not receive an expanded child tax credit 
payment, a program to support children and families that Congress 
passed last spring with the American Rescue Plan.
  For the last 6 months, working and low-income families have had the 
relief of knowing that every month they would receive $250 per child, 
and $300 for kids under six.
  These payments have been a lifeline for families, helping them put 
food on the table and provide for children as the pandemic rages. As a 
result, child poverty and hunger then dropped in this country by almost 
half.
  More than 76,000 families in my district received these monthly 
payments, and they are worried about what will happen now that the 
payments have ended. Just last weekend, two constituents, a dad and a 
grandmother, approached me to say how important the CTC program had 
been.
  We cannot go backwards. The Senate must move quickly to pass the 
Build Back Better Act and extend the child tax credit. America's 
children are counting on us.

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