Tim Ryan: “Today I am offering a motion to instruct conferees on the child tax credit. The tax bill that was passed by Congress…”

“Today I am offering a motion to instruct conferees on the child tax credit. The tax bill that was passed by Congress neglected 12 million children in America's low-income working families by cutting them out of the child tax credit plan. My motion to instruct does a few things. It instructs the conferees to agree to the Senate language that provides for tax credit checks to be mailed immediately to low-income families. It also provides that the tax credit be extended to personnel in combat zones in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere; and the conferees could easily accomplish these changes and bring up a final bill within 2 days which is what the motion calls for. In Ohio, the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight states that over 25,000 working families were cut out of this provision. These are families who work hard. They do pay taxes. Unlike what many Members have said during the debate in the last few months, these individuals may not pay income tax, but they pay property tax, sales tax, they pay user fees, they pay tolls to get on the roads; and so they do contribute to the economy.”