Marcy Kaptur: “I rise against the rule on this check-cashing bill. And the reason I rise against the rule is because we are not…”

“I rise against the rule on this check-cashing bill. And the reason I rise against the rule is because we are not afforded the opportunity in this House to bring up H.R. 2286, the Rangel-DeLauro bill, that would allow us to include all of America's working families in the relief for child tax credits. Who is left out? Who is left out are people who earn between $10,500 a year and $26,600 a year who have children. The bill that passed last week left them out. The gentleman from Texas is wrong. Democrats did not even know what was in that bill. The ranking member on our sides of the aisle had to find the room the conference committee was being held in. No Democrat read that bill, and we know the Republicans cut a deal. My Republican colleagues left out working families who live at the bottom of this economy, and they have 19 million children, not a single one of whom are going to get the extra $400 refund... Republicans refuse to see them, but we see them. We really believe in not leaving any child behind. But now, Vice President Cheney, what does he get? He gets $93,700. Republicans are leaving 19 million children twisting in the wind, but that is par for the course.”