NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I rise asking this House to reject this motion to instruct because when we take a closer look at what is transpiring…”

“I rise asking this House to reject this motion to instruct because when we take a closer look at what is transpiring here, we do see really a distillation, a distinction, of two different philosophies. One is the notion that the highest and best use of the taxpayers' money is here by government. And that is fine. That is an intellectually defensible position; but those who offer that tonight, I believe, need to make very clear to the American public what, in fact, transpires if we embrace this motion to instruct. Essentially what will transpire, despite the best efforts of my friends on the other side, if this body fails to act to maintain the rate of tax relief, next year the $1,000 child tax credit shrinks. It shrinks to $700 per child. If we want to provide tax relief for working families, the desired goal that we hear from our friends here, we do not want, in essence, to increase taxes. But that will be what will happen. We will see the marriage penalty provision reduced.”