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Pedro Pierluisi: “I respectfully urge the Committee, as part of comprehensive tax reform, to provide for the equal treatment of Puerto…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
I respectfully urge the Committee, as part of comprehensive tax reform, to provide for the equal treatment of Puerto Rico under the refundable Child Tax Credit program and to extend to Puerto Rico the refundable Earned Income Tax Credit program.
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Pedro Pierluisi
Democratic · Puerto Rico

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Urging equal treatment for Puerto Rico in tax credits and federal programs.

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