Lynn C. Woolsey: “I have a math question for my colleagues today: If the Republican marriage tax proposal spends $182 billion and the…”

“I have a math question for my colleagues today: If the Republican marriage tax proposal spends $182 billion and the Democratic plan is $89 billion, which one leaves more money to invest in our children? You do not have to know new math to prove that the Democratic bill provides relief for working families, while saving $93 billion to invest in the needs of our children. For example, if we adopt the Democratic plan, $25 billion could go to the States to improve child care, another $25 billion could be invested in children's health programs, and another $25 billion could be used for family services, with money left over to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit. Mr. Speaker, I want to provide honest marriage tax penalty relief to the 58,003 married couples in my district, and I also want to protect the Social Security and Medicare benefits enjoyed by 95,424 of my constituents and to reduce my constituents' $8.4 billion share of the Federal debt, but, Mr. Speaker, let us give working families the assistance they really need. Let us give them tax relief. Let us help them take care of their children. Tax relief any other way just does not add up.”