[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10505]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                A MAJOR VICTORY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased here this morning to announce 
that the Republicans in Congress have passed legislation which 
President Bush has signed into law to provide all taxpayers some money, 
an immediate tax rebate check.
  Because Republicans believe that surplus tax dollars are better spent 
by the American people than the Washington bureaucrats up here, you 
will all be receiving a rebate check in the next few weeks: $600 for 
married couples, $500 for head of households, and $300 for single 
taxpayers.
  Now, this is real money. It is money taken out of Washington put into 
the hands of families who need it and deserve it. After all, it is 
their money.
  The Treasury Department will start sending letters out to every 
taxpayer in America explaining when you will receive your tax rebate 
check and how much you will receive. You can go on the Internet and 
find out. If you want to, you can call my office and we will give you 
the Internet site.
  Rebate checks will be mailed over a 10-week period at a rate of 10 
million checks per week starting in July. Taxpayers will receive their 
check according to their Social Security number.
  Mr. Speaker, it is their money. The taxpayers should be the ones 
spending it on car payments, mortgage, saving for college, school 
supplies and clothing for their children, a new washer, a dryer, on 
energy bills and gasoline.

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