Mike Pence: “last month this Congress, with the President's leadership, undertook to pass a tax relief measure that would get this…”

“last month this Congress, with the President's leadership, undertook to pass a tax relief measure that would get this economy moving again. Today, we will continue that good work with the All-American Tax Relief Act of 2003. While some come to this floor, as we even heard this morning, and suggest that Republicans do not care about children, about 6.5 million families and 12 million children that they say were left out of the refundable per child tax credit, the truth is, Mr. Speaker, as we all know, it was Republican leadership that saw to it that that tax cut was already in place, set to take effect in 2005; but we will accelerate that today. We will also encourage marriage by eliminating the marriage penalty. In the tax credit we will assist veterans and the heroes in space, we will do justice, we will love kids, and we will provide the compassionate Republican leadership that is so characteristic of this institution when we adopt the All-American Tax Relief Act today.”