We have to fill that space. I think the budget agreement at the end of last year gives us a period of time where we can make progress there.
The Earned Income Tax Credit was created in a Republican administration.
If you have a tax that is taxing people into poverty, it is not a good tax.
the intent of Congress was for Treasury and the IRS to expeditiously implement this provision.
We have to be realistic about what the mix of revenue and spending is.
If you tax people into poverty, you cannot then complain that people are not becoming part of the workforce.
We are going to have to work towards the politics that permit the kind of civil debate to deal with these issues on a bipartisan basis.
It is disappointing that some other committees this year are not exercising this same responsibility.
I'm looking forward to working on a bipartisan basis with my colleagues in Congress to pursue those issues.
the time has come for us to actually get this work done.
I think it has established a standard for bipartisan work in the Senate that I hope the rest of the committees will be able to live up to.