Hilda L. Solis: “I also wish to rise and express my outrage that, in the passing of an irresponsible tax cut, Republicans deliberately…”

“I also wish to rise and express my outrage that, in the passing of an irresponsible tax cut, Republicans deliberately prevented families with incomes under $26,625 from receiving a child tax credit. Here is a family that I represent in my district. They also happen to be a family that sent one of their sons to war. He is still in Iraq. He would not even qualify for a rebate. It is outrageous that 31 percent of California families right now will not be eligible for any tax credit, child tax credit. That is 2.4 million children in California alone, a State that I represent. In my district, one out of every four families will get no child tax credit. Families like this work hard, pay their taxes, are expecting to get some help from the government, and get nothing. They do not want a handout; they just want to be treated fairly. Yet somehow Republicans found $90 billion to give to 200,000 millionaire families. I do not even have one millionaire family that lives in my district. This is the wrong thing to do. We need to not declare a war on working-class people.”