Political Quotes

“I also wish to mention that tomorrow the U.S. Treasury will start rolling out additional child tax credit checks of up to $400 to over 25 million taxpayers over the next 3 weeks. Millions of America's working families will be getting a well-deserved break in the form of a tax rebate from our Federal Government. In fact, in Tennessee over 525,000 taxpayers will receive these child tax credit checks. This tax relief is much deserved, and I am pleased that we are able to begin delivery of those checks. In this body, we passed the Jobs and Growth Tax Act, which is the third largest tax relief package in history, increasing that child tax credit from $600 to $1,000. We will continue to work on a whole range of issues that will strengthen our economy over time. Next week, we will be addressing energy reform, and we will continue working on such issues in the coming weeks and months as medical liability reform and a host of other legislative issues that we believe strongly will create jobs, will grow the economy, and will help American families meet their bottom line.”