[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5116-5117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       FAMILY CARE TAX CREDIT ACT

  (Mr. RYUN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYUN of Kansas. Madam Speaker, providing help to our working 
families is one of the main reasons I am in Washington today. I am 
proud of what we have accomplished, partial elimination of the marriage 
tax penalty, as well as expansion of the child tax credit; but I 
believe we should go a step further.
  Currently, we give tax credit to families who pay for day care and 
other services, but families who have a parent taking care of their 
children are left on their own. That is why I have introduced the 
Family Care Tax Credit Act to give a fair and balanced approach to the 
child care tax credits by

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giving help to all middle-class families of children. Many parents in 
Kansas tell me that they would like to stay home with their children or 
to care for a loved one, but they cannot overcome the financial 
barriers caused by this tax bill. My plan would simply remove one of 
those barriers.
  President Bush's economic stimulus package is a good start, but I 
think we could and should do more.

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