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Charles Rangel: I yield myself 10 seconds to respond that there is nobody on this side that is saying that, if you do not work, you…

On the recordJune 26, 1997
I yield myself 10 seconds to respond that there is nobody on this side that is saying that, if you do not work, you should get the child credit. Let us not talk about class war. The only class of people that we are talking about benefiting and the President wants benefited by this legislation are hard-working Americans. If you do not work, you do not get it.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

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Addressing the child credit legislation during a House debate.

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