[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19657]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT HELPS WORKING POOR

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the comments 
of the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cooper) who served here in a 
previous majority that had its share of challenges in terms of a lack 
of modesty, and I think that is an ever-present danger for the 
majority.
  At the same time, however, we cannot paralyze legitimate differences 
of public opinion, for that is the essence of the House of 
Representatives and debate within this body. Case in point: the 
upcoming motion to instruct. My friend, a Morehead Scholar at the 
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is a student of history and 
he understands that for the working poor we instituted in the 1970s an 
earned income tax credit so the families he wants to help are already 
being helped to the tune of several thousand dollars. If not, I would 
urge every Member of this body to inform his or her constituents of the 
earned income tax credit. I look forward to the upcoming debate.

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