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Dave Camp: I would just say that what we are debating here today, though, is whether we are going to extend the child tax credit…

On the recordMay 20, 2004
I would just say that what we are debating here today, though, is whether we are going to extend the child tax credit permanently and whether we are going to do that in a way to help more low-income families, more middle-class families and more military families. The base bill does that. The substitute regrettably raises taxes on small businesses and entrepreneurs. That is exactly the wrong thing to do as we begin to see job creation come again; 1.2 million jobs since October of last year have been created as a result of the tax relief that we have passed.
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Dave Camp
Michigan

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Discussing the extension of the child tax credit and its impact on families and small businesses.

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