Paul Ryan: “Nevertheless, I get a great sense of deja vu right now. But all joking aside, Mr. Speaker, one thing that the speakers…”

“Nevertheless, I get a great sense of deja vu right now. But all joking aside, Mr. Speaker, one thing that the speakers who just spoke failed to mention was that on June 12 of this year, the House did pass legislation making the child tax credit immediately refundable going back this year for these families in question. So one gets the impression from having listened to these speakers that we did not do anything, that we did not pass anything. That is not true. What this motion to instruct is encouraging is passage of an inferior tax bill from the Senate. What do I mean when I say inferior, Mr. Speaker? They want the child tax credit to go up to $1,000 for these families and then they want to take it away after the next election. It will go up for this year. It will go up for next year, and then the bill that they are advocating to take it away after the next election. The bill we passed on this floor not only gives these families the full $1,000-per-child tax credit this year, next year but also for the rest of the decade.”