Mr. Chairman, there seems to be a concerted attack on those of us who voted for the President's 1993 budget. I just want to point out that many poor and middle-income families received substantial tax returns from the earned income tax credit. In fact, 16,000 families in the First District of Oregon received an earned income tax credit as a result of the 1993 budget.
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