Xavier Becerra: “Yes, Mr. Chairman, just like the policeman there. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will yield further, to know that 70,000…”

“Yes, Mr. Chairman, just like the policeman there. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will yield further, to know that 70,000 or so families, working families in my district are probably at risk of not being able to participate in something that is being touted as something for all families with children is unconscionable, but that is where we are heading. If we could put a name to some of those faces. This individual does not live in my district, she happens to live in Missouri. Her name is Robin Acree. She earns about $21,000. She is divorced, she has three kids, age 14, 17, and 19. Now, it is interesting, under the 1995 bill that this Republican House passed, Robin would have qualified for a $500 tax credit, child tax credit. Under this year's bill, she does not get a cent. Even though she pays somewhere over $2,100 in taxes, income taxes, payroll taxes, she will get zero out of this. Now, Robin lives in Missouri, she is not in my district in California, but she works just as hard, I imagine, as any of the folks and the families in my district that are also to be left out. I do not understand why under one bill this House was willing to give her a $500 tax credit, but now this year she gets zero, even though she pays more than $2,200 in taxes.”