[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19559]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT

  (Mrs. HALVORSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. HALVORSON. Mr. Speaker, this Congress is responsible for putting 
in place one of the largest tax cuts in American history as part of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
  We can see this benefit of the plan throughout all communities in our 
country. Because of this legislation, 95 percent of working Americans 
are receiving tax cuts through the Making Work Pay tax credit, which is 
a refundable tax credit of up to $400 per worker and up to $800 for 
couples filing jointly. This is an immediate tax relief for over 110 
million working families at exactly the time they need it. Because of 
this legislation, families can also find tax relief through an 
expansion of the child care tax credit and through a new $2,500 tax 
credit for families to help send more of our children to college.
  In addition to this tax relief, the recovery plan has provided tens 
of millions of dollars of investment for improvement projects, like the 
improvements that have been made to infrastructure and to roads 
throughout our country.

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