Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, the recent tax bill neglected 12 million children in America's low-income working families by cutting them out of the child tax credit plan. According to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, in my home district in Maine 21,000 working families were cut out. There were 34,000 children in those families. These are families who work hard, pay taxes, play by the rules and who are still left out in the cold. This is just plain wrong. It is wrong that the wealthier taxpayers will start getting their checks mailed to them next week, and these families will get nothing. I find it completely ironic that the Congress is going on vacation on the very day that 12 million children will be left behind on this child tax credit. Between the child tax credit and the Head Start bill that the House may consider in the coming weeks, the leadership of the House is delivering a one-two punch to these children and their families, and then they are turning around and skipping town. What a disgrace.”