Hilda L. Solis: “I rise also today to express my outrage in passing an irresponsible tax cut that Republicans gave. They gave $100,000…”

“I rise also today to express my outrage in passing an irresponsible tax cut that Republicans gave. They gave $100,000 tax breaks to the largest and most polluting SUVs and left out millions of working-class families. The $350 billion tax cut left out the working poor, left out a lot of Latinos in my district and a whole lot of people in the State of California. That is because Republicans prevented families that I represent in my district that make under $26,625 from receiving a child tax credit. Thirty percent of Latino families in my district will not be able to claim any child tax credit at all; that is 1.6 million Latino families in the State. By contrast, only 17 percent of Latino families will see any benefit from the dividend tax cut. Thirty-one percent of Californian families also are not being helped by any child tax credit, and that is 2.4 million children in California alone, all children. So while SUVs continue to pollute our air, keep us dependent on foreign oil, spew out greenhouse gases and get a big tax break, working families get nothing.”