Cliff Stearns: “I am pleased here this morning to announce that the Republicans in Congress have passed legislation which President Bush…”

“I am pleased here this morning to announce that the Republicans in Congress have passed legislation which President Bush has signed into law to provide all taxpayers some money, an immediate tax rebate check. Because Republicans believe that surplus tax dollars are better spent by the American people than the Washington bureaucrats up here, you will all be receiving a rebate check in the next few weeks: $600 for married couples, $500 for head of households, and $300 for single taxpayers. Now, this is real money. It is money taken out of Washington put into the hands of families who need it and deserve it. After all, it is their money. The Treasury Department will start sending letters out to every taxpayer in America explaining when you will receive your tax rebate check and how much you will receive. You can go on the Internet and find out. If you want to, you can call my office and we will give you the Internet site. Rebate checks will be mailed over a 10-week period at a rate of 10 million checks per week starting in July. Taxpayers will receive their check according to their Social Security number. Mr. Speaker, it is their money. The taxpayers should be the ones spending it on car payments, mortgage, saving for college, school supplies and clothing for their children, a new washer, a dryer, on energy bills and gasoline.”