Peter H. Bell: “Mr. Speaker, if we listen closely around Capitol Hill, we can hear many of my Republican colleagues often touting the…”

“Mr. Speaker, if we listen closely around Capitol Hill, we can hear many of my Republican colleagues often touting the slogan ``No Child Left Behind.'' Recently President Bush thought it was important enough to sign a new law that would provide tax cuts of $93,500 to the 200,000 taxpayers making over $1 million per year. And what I would ask, Mr. Speaker, and what the American people want to know is while the fat cats are getting fatter, what happened to the children? Mr. Speaker, I will tell the Members, they got left behind with the Bush tax cut along with the rest of America. In fact, 53 percent of all taxpayers are going to get less than $100 under the GOP law that was just passed, and this is just another example of Republican leadership choosing the wealthiest Americans over America's working families. But what about those children? Why did they get left behind, Mr. Speaker? After it was all said and done, Republican leadership chose not to expand the child tax credit to working class families. These are the families that have to work the hardest, take home the least, and need help the most.”