Hilda L. Solis: “There are over 337,000 children of teachers, classroom teachers that are left out of this child tax credit. They pay…”

“There are over 337,000 children of teachers, classroom teachers that are left out of this child tax credit. They pay payroll tax, gasoline tax, rent, property taxes, and other types of taxes. I would think that their burden falls very heavily on their children, and yet they get nothing. More than 2 months after this House passed the President's tax bill, among those receiving their checks in the coming days will not be 6/2 million taxpaying families, taxpaying families, taxpaying families: property taxes, payroll taxes, sales taxes. They pay taxes. They make low wages, yes. So what is wrong with making low wages? Those who make low wages do pay taxes. My mother was a factory worker. She worked in the old sweatshops. She did not make a lot of money, but she paid her taxes like others do. Why should families not be allowed to have a child tax credit? These families were denied what they were rightfully due, the extension of the child tax credit, because they make low wages...”