[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19299]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        CHILD TAX CREDIT CHECKS

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I also wish to mention that tomorrow the 
U.S. Treasury will start rolling out additional child tax credit checks 
of up to $400 to over 25 million taxpayers over the next 3 weeks. 
Millions of America's working families will be getting a well-deserved 
break in the form of a tax rebate from our Federal Government. In fact, 
in Tennessee over 525,000 taxpayers will receive these child tax credit 
checks.
  This tax relief is much deserved, and I am pleased that we are able 
to begin delivery of those checks. In this body, we passed the Jobs and 
Growth Tax Act, which is the third largest tax relief package in 
history, increasing that child tax credit from $600 to $1,000. We will 
continue to work on a whole range of issues that will strengthen our 
economy over time.
  Next week, we will be addressing energy reform, and we will continue 
working on such issues in the coming weeks and months as medical 
liability reform and a host of other legislative issues that we believe 
strongly will create jobs, will grow the economy, and will help 
American families meet their bottom line.
  I yield the floor.

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