Maxwell Frost: “while this bill purports to give low-income people a tax break, it also gives Members of Congress a tax break. We see…”

“while this bill purports to give low-income people a tax break, it also gives Members of Congress a tax break. We see that there is an additional tax break for people who earn $150,000 a year. Who earns $150,000 a year? Members of the United States Congress. It is very generous of them in the majority to do that. Mr. Speaker, let us be clear about what is at stake on the House floor today. At the conclusion of this debate, there will be an important procedural vote known as the previous question. If we defeat it, then the child tax credit bill and the Armed Forces tax assistance bill can become law tomorrow, and military and working families will get immediate relief. Those two bills are here, at the Speaker's table, already passed by the Senate and ready to be signed by the President, but only if Republicans will stand up to their leadership. On the other hand, if Republicans vote for the previous question, then those bills will not become law anytime soon, if at all, and millions of military and working families will not receive immediate tax relief. To quote President Kennedy: "To govern is to choose." When Republicans vote on the previous question today, Americans will know whether they choose tax relief for working and military families or party loyalty to the House Republican leadership that is blocking it.”