Congressional Record, House (March 8, 2021): Help Is on the Way (Del. Stacey E. Plaskett)

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A one-minute House speech by Stacey E. Plaskett of the Virgin Islands, printed in the Congressional Record, Volume 167, Number 43, for Monday, March 8, 2021, at Page H1085, under the heading Help Is on the Way. Plaskett says the pandemic and economic crisis are destroying the livelihoods of tens of millions of Americans, with the most vulnerable communities bearing the brunt, and that the American Rescue Plan will put vaccines in arms, children back in school, money in pockets and people back in jobs. She notes provisions for the Virgin Islands and other territories, says the plan creates equality in the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit, including an advance of the child tax credit in 2021, and calls the child tax credit provision generational change that will lift children out of poverty.

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[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 43 (Monday, March 8, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                           HELP IS ON THE WAY

  (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, the COVID pandemic and economic crisis are
destroying the lives and livelihoods of tens of millions of Americans
across the country. And our most vulnerable communities are bearing the
brunt.
  Thankfully, help is on the way. The American Rescue Plan will save
lives and livelihoods by putting vaccines in arms, putting children
safely back in school, putting money in people's pockets, and finally
putting people back in jobs.
  I am proud to note the inclusion of provisions in this bill for the
Virgin Islands and other territories that we all in this House have
been fighting for. This plan creates equality in the child tax credit,
the earned income tax credit, including an advancement of the child tax
credit in 2021.
  The child tax credit provision in the bill will be transformational
in the lives of hundreds and millions of children, lifting them out of
poverty. This is generational change. This will reduce poverty and
improve the economic standing of Americans throughout our country. We
are grateful for this bill.

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