Roy Cooper: “the sort of checks that Americans are interested in hearing about are not the check clearing system technicality but the…”

“the sort of checks that Americans are interested in hearing about are not the check clearing system technicality but the checks they receive as a result of their hard work or as a result of tax refunds. This July most all Americans with children will be receiving a check in their mailbox as a result of the child tax credit that we passed some 2 weeks ago. Except for the parents who are in the military, who are in the National Guard who do not make a whole lot of money serving our country, and except for the low-income parents who work hard every day for minimum wage or a little bit above, they and their children will not be receiving these checks. Why? Six million parents, 12 million of the most deserving people in our country, will not be receiving checks because of a deliberate, secret, back-room deal cut by Republican leadership. Now, most of my constituents want bipartisan government. They want Democrats and Republicans to work together for the greater good of this Nation. And now that our government is under the control of a Republican White House, a Republican Senate, and a Republican House leadership, people are asking, what decisions are they making? Well, they are making decisions to leave out 12 million poor children, 12 million deserving folks who need a future in this country; and $400 each would do them a lot of good. It would not only stimulate the economy, it would address the fundamental fairness of that legislation.”