Political Quotes

“with the Presiding Officer's help, and the help of 48 others--48 others in this body, we provided back in March an amendment; and then in final passage, we provided the biggest tax cut--the largest tax cut for working families ever. It is called the Child Tax Credit. It has been several years in the making. We didn't make so much progress the last 4 years, but an election and a new President, coupled with a new U.S. Senate, has made all the difference in the world. In my State, 2.4 million children are eligible. And 2.1 million of those--I will get to that in a moment; we haven't reached everybody yet. But 2.1 million saw last week in the mail--in their mailbox or direct deposits in their bank accounts--2.1 million children were the beneficiary of $250 or $300 last week. So every month--July 15, coming up August 15, September 15, October 15, children from zero to 5, their parents will get $300 each of those months. If their children are 6 to 17, those families will get $250 per child. Almost every child--92 percent of children in Ohio, roughly the same; 9 out of 10 in the State of Wisconsin, the Presiding Officer's State, will be getting--their families will be getting checks in the mail--these checks in the mail. In sort of a macro big way, we know this does a number of things. First of all, it drops the poverty rate among America's children by almost 50 percent. Imagine that.…”