[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5471]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TAX RELIEF FOR MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, since coming to Congress, I have kept my 
promise to provide tax relief to middle-class families and small 
businesses in my district; and I am proud to report that on Tax Day 
millions of Americans will pay less in taxes and keep more of their 
hard-earned money in their own pockets, where it belongs.
  In the past year, Congress has enacted over $800 billion in tax cuts, 
including the largest package of tax cuts in history in the Recovery 
Act, leading Reagan's adviser Bruce Bartlett to say that Federal taxes 
are very considerably lower by every measure since Obama became 
President.
  A recent report by Citizens for Tax Justice has found that, for 2009, 
98 percent of working families and individuals in Nevada benefited from 
at least one of the tax cuts in the Recovery Act, saving an average of 
$841. For folks in my district struggling to make ends meet, $841 could 
be a mortgage payment that helps them avoid foreclosure and could make 
a real difference in their lives.

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