Artur Davis said "Mr. Speaker, periodically when I go back to my district, one of the questions I get most frequently asked is, why do we keep turning on our C-SPAN television in the afternoon and hearing this debate on the child tax credit? Why do we keep seeing these motions brought to the floor? I suppose the best answer that I can give, Mr. Speaker, the best answer I can give my colleagues is a very simple one. The reason that this side of the aisle continues to press this issue, the reason that this side of the aisle continues to implore our colleagues to act is because more than any other issue, any other debate we have encountered this year, this question speaks to the fundamental difference between our parties. We continue to make these points because it speaks for, frankly, why we stand on the Democratic side as opposed to the Republican side." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 1, 2003

Mr. Speaker, periodically when I go back to my district, one of the questions I get most frequently asked is, why do we keep turning on our C-SPAN television in the afternoon and hearing this debate on the child tax credit? Why do we keep seeing these motions brought to the floor? I suppose the best answer that I can give, Mr. Speaker, the best answer I can give my colleagues is a very simple one. The reason that this side of the aisle continues to press this issue, the reason that this side of the aisle continues to implore our colleagues to act is because more than any other issue, any other debate we have encountered this year, this question speaks to the fundamental difference between our parties. We continue to make these points because it speaks for, frankly, why we stand on the Democratic side as opposed to the Republican side.

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Artur Davis

Democratic · Alabama

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of the child tax credit debate in the context of party differences.

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