Frank Pallone: “I have to say, it just upsets me so much that we are once again this evening talking about the exclusion of these 12…”

“I have to say, it just upsets me so much that we are once again this evening talking about the exclusion of these 12 million children from the child tax credit. The partisanship, and I know the gentleman from Texas talked about pettiness. I do not think it is petty. I am a father of three. I have a daughter who is 9, a son who just turned 8, and another little daughter who is 5. Obviously, with our salary, there is no problem taking care of them. But I watch the people in my district, and there are many even in New Jersey which tends to be higher income, higher cost of living as well, there are many families that are impacted by this and that would benefit if you were willing to adopt this motion to instruct and go to conference and include this child tax credit for these 12 million children. And it really pains me because I know how difficult it is. Times are tough. A lot of people are unemployed. A lot of people are not making what they used to make. Talk about taxes, in my home State property taxes are so high. These people pay payroll tax. They pay high property tax. The suggestion that somehow they are not paying taxes is absurd.”