Charles Rangel: “I support tax relief for working families in America. It is not right that so many hard-working parents are struggling…”

“I support tax relief for working families in America. It is not right that so many hard-working parents are struggling to make ends meet. Yet, instead of helping these families today, we are slamming the door on them. We are telling school teachers, law enforcement officers, factory workers and nurses and every other hard-working American that we just do not care about their economic struggles. We are telling the next generation that we prefer tax giveaways to America's wealthy at the expense of real deficit reduction. Let me tell my colleagues what is really happening in my home State of Colorado. Forty percent of the kids under this proposal will be left behind, kids from moderate and low-income families. Nearly 96 percent of the 23 million children whose parents earn less than $23,000 would be denied any child care credit under this bill. This is inexcusable. I urge my colleagues to pause for a moment and think about what this means to their constituents back home, think about the struggling families they are leaving behind with this bill, think about the next generation. Let us pave a straight path, not a U-turn.”