[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TAX RELIEF FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND WORKERS ACT OF 2024

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                               speech of

                            HON. GWEN MOORE

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 31, 2024

  Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, do you all remember when our 
good friend, Mitt Romney, talked about the 47 percent of the takers?
  This bill locks in the principle that we have takers and makers. We 
have $600 billion of tax breaks to the wealthiest corporations that may 
become permanent, and yet some woman who gets up in a rural area and 
marches off to the grocery store and works 30 hours a week still won't 
be able to get the full refundable child tax credit because she is too 
poor. She is a taker; she is not a maker.
  This is a compromise bill. It is better than current law where that 
same minimum wage worker would have to work 70 hours a week in order to 
get this tax credit now only has to work 40 hours a week, plus do a 
little Uber on the side to get the tax credit.
  So I think we need to compromise, but we don't need to capitulate. 
And I represent the 47 percent of those deemed takers. We are going to 
expand this tax credit for poor children, but the poorest will be even 
poorer.

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