Earl Blumenauer: “Helping hard-pressed families is a valuable activity here on the floor of the House. We have an opportunity to do it…”

“Helping hard-pressed families is a valuable activity here on the floor of the House. We have an opportunity to do it today. Yet my Republican friends are advancing a fundamentally flawed proposal. For two families each with three children, one making minimum wage, the other over $300,000 a year, my Republican friends propose a new benefit for the family that makes over $300,000. They will however slam the door on the family at minimum wage earning $10,300; no benefit for them. I keep hoping my Republican friends will show the same compassion for the people who need our help the most as they shower new benefits on those who need our help the least.”