[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 23348-23349]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



       REPUBLICANS WANT TO ELIMINATE THE EARNED INCOME TAX REFUND

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, during the August work recess, 
when I visited with constituents in my district in Houston, Texas, a 
city that I might say is doing considerably well and individuals are 
quite pleased with the state of the economy, but when I discuss with 
them the $792 billion tax cut, they were in complete horror at the 
thought that we would misuse the people's money for a tax cut

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for golf courses and various other extracurricular-type programs.

  But what is more horrific is the fact that I also met with working 
families with young children, many of whom receive the earned income 
tax credit, something that has been vital to thousands of families in 
my district, and to realize that, when I came back after this work 
recess, that I would be facing the Republicans slowing down or 
eliminating the earned income tax refund to working families. In fact, 
one of their very own said, ``I have a real problem with delaying 
payments to poor people.''

  Mr. Speaker, this is an outrage. This is something that should not 
happen.

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