[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13476]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN AND VETERANS BEHIND

  (Mr. STRICKLAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STRICKLAND. Mr. Speaker, this Congress has passed and the 
President has signed into law a tax cut that takes care of the 
millionaires but leaves many of our children and our veterans behind. 
Right today, young Americans are serving this Nation in Iraq with young 
children waiting for them here at home. And ironically, many of those 
children will not receive any benefit from the child tax credit that 
was contained in that tax bill.
  Think of that. Young Americans fighting for this country and their 
children are going to be left out of the benefit. Not only children, 
but veterans are getting the shaft. It is shameful, it is shameful that 
we would drive this country into debt, take care of our millionaires, 
and leave our children and our veterans behind. It is time for the 
people of this country, Mr. Speaker, to wake up and realize what is 
happening.

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