[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 20 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            LOWERING EVERYDAY COSTS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mrs. SYKES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SYKES. Mr. Speaker, from day one, I promised the people of 
Ohio's 13th Congressional District that I would do everything I could 
to lower everyday costs.
  Due to high costs, too many families in Ohio's 13th District and 
across the country are lying awake at night trying to figure out how to 
pay their bills, put food on the table, and provide for their children. 
Hardworking Ohioans need relief, and they need it now.
  I am proud to have supported the Tax Relief for American Families and 
Workers Act. This progrowth, profamily, bipartisan bill delivers lower 
costs for families and small businesses in Ohio's 13th District. I am 
especially excited that this bipartisan bill expands the child tax 
credit, a policy I have consistently championed throughout my time in 
public service, including my time here in Congress, where last year I 
introduced my Lower Your Taxes Act, which also includes expansions to 
the child tax credit.
  While the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act does not 
go as far as to fully restore the American Rescue Plan's child tax 
credit expansion like my legislation, this bipartisan bill will still 
make a significant difference for 37,000 children in Ohio's 13th 
Congressional District whose families are struggling to pay for 
medicine, school supplies, and other childcare expenses.
  This is only the start of what Congress should pass to support our 
families. I will keep fighting for additional policies like my Lower 
Your Taxes Act, which will expand the child tax credit even more and 
expand the earned income tax credit.

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