Child Tax Credit (Cong. Rec., May 12, 2021)
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This is H2204 of the Congressional Record, House, May 12, 2021, with interleaved columns of five-minute speeches. Under the heading Child Tax Credit, Mr. Carbajal says the American Rescue Plan has paid off, calls the expansion of the child tax credit a historic investment, and says the American Dream is slipping out of reach for many working families. Under the heading NYPD Serves Even Through Turmoil, Ms. Malliotakis thanks police officers during National Police Week and criticizes city and State policies, citing increases in shootings and murders, with the views and figures attributed to the speakers.
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H2204 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 12, 2021
CHILD TAX CREDIT I will continue to fight for working murderers and rapists, once again put-
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The families in Congress so they keep their ting people who are dangerous back on
Chair recognizes the gentleman from hard-earned money in their pockets, our streets; eliminated the NYPD
California (Mr. CARBAJAL) for 5 min- and every child has the means to plainclothes unit, tying the hands of
utes. achieve the American Dream. our police; and then lastly, cutting $1
Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, I was f billion, one-sixth of the NYPD budget.
proud to vote for the American Rescue As I mentioned, the 4-year-old girl
NYPD SERVES EVEN THROUGH who was shot this weekend, she was
Plan because I knew it was the trans- TURMOIL
formational investment we needed to just one of 43 individuals shot in the
get the pandemic under control and our The SPEAKER pro tempore. The last week, 169 percent increase over the
economy back on track. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from same period last year. There were nine
Two months later, it is clear the in- New York (Ms. MALLIOTAKIS) for 5 min- murders last week in New York City,
vestment has paid off. We have gotten utes. up 350 percent over the same period
more shots in arms, lifted families out Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I last year.
rise today during National Police Week But the trend is not just starting
of poverty, helped children get back to
to thank and show support for our po- now. It is not just the result of
school, helped businesses stay open,
lice officers, particularly the New York defunding the police. It is the other
and helped workers keep their jobs.
Police Department, and also warn my policies, as I have mentioned. Homi-
And we are just getting started.
colleagues of what happens when poli- cides in 2020 soared 45 percent, shoot-
Much of the vital support for workers
ticians think that they know how to do ings doubled, with 1,868 people shot in
and families included in the American
the job in the street better than our 2020, up from 923 in 2019. This is a result
Rescue Plan is still underway. One of
cops do because I have seen it happen of an abdication of responsibility from
these measures is the expansion of the
in New York City. I have seen the qual- my colleagues on the city and State
child tax credit, a historic investment level.
in the future of our country. ity of life deteriorate, I have seen
crime skyrocket, and we must learn Now they want to take away the
It has become harder and harder to qualified immunity from our police of-
afford a college education, a home, and from what has happened here to not
make this mistake and adopt those ficers, something that many of you
childcare. voted to do here for our Federal law en-
very policies on the Federal level.
b 1045 This past weekend, we saw three in- forcement officers, despite when they
As the cost of living continues to nocent bystanders, one of whom was a already give up their immunity if they
soar and wages continue to stagnate, 4-year-old child, shot in broad daylight are not operating within the NYPD
the American Dream is slipping out of in the middle of Times Square. Fortu- guidelines, or if they violate someone’s
reach for many working families. We nately, NYPD Officer Alyssa Vogel was constitutional rights.
there. She sprinted into action to save There is no question that the demor-
need to level the playing field so every
these individuals’ lives. That is what alization of law enforcement over the
child has the opportunity to fulfill
past year has contributed to a sharp
their potential. this mother was doing Mother’s Day
The child tax credit expansion means rise in departures from the NYPD,
weekend, and we thank her for her he-
which are up 75 percent compared to
working-class families will get $300 per roic efforts.
2019, with the lowest number of NYPD
child under 6, and $250 per child for Sadly, we also lost a police officer,
officers in uniform in over a decade,
children aged 7–17. $300 a month helps Anastasios Tsakos, who was in Queens
when we have all this rising crime tak-
put food on the table so kids do not go directing traffic in the middle of the
ing place across our city. It is abso-
hungry. It helps pay for child care so night after there was a car accident,
lutely disgraceful, Mr. Speaker, and it
parents can get back to work and build and he was struck and killed by a hit-
must end now.
a better life for their families. And it and-run driver who was under the in- City and State have a responsibility
helps cover healthcare expenses so fluence and operating an unlicensed ve- to keep the public safe. Quite frankly,
children stay healthy. hicle. if they are not going to do it, if my
This lifeline benefits a whopping 85 Sadly, this is what our police officers mayor and my Governor continue to
percent of the children in my district do each and every day, put their lives tie the hands of our police officers and
on the central coast of California. That at risk, sometimes giving up their life not allow them to do their job, then we
means a stronger economic foundation to protect the rest of us. need the Federal Government to step
for over 135,000 children in our commu- All through the pandemic, we praised in. Send DOJ, ATF, FBI, DEA, and the
nity. For the 11,200 children in my them as heroes for working the front U.S. Marshals, because we have a re-
community living in poverty, the child line. COVID was the leading cause of sponsibility to the citizens of our city
tax credit could make all the difference death for our police officers in 2020. We and Nation to keep them safe.
in their lives and their futures. lost eight NYPD officers, sadly. Also,
f
I come from a low-income family my- as we approach the 20th anniversary of
self, a working-class family, so I know 9/11, let’s not forget the sacrifices of LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
that $300 a month would have lifted a our police officers, not only on that ARE DEDICATED HEROES
financial burden off my parents’ shoul- day, but in the days since. We continue The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
ders, who already worked so hard to to lose people to 9/11-related illnesses. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from
give me and my siblings a chance for a In the NYPD’s case, they lost seven North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) for 5 min-
better life. since January 2020. utes.
Advance monthly payments of the Mr. Speaker, in New York City, we Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, as we cele-
child tax credit will start to be sent have seen policies that have hurt our brate National Police Week, it is im-
out in July and last through December law enforcement officers. How did we portant that we remember the innu-
2021. Families will get the remaining get here? Well, decriminalizing qual- merable sacrifices that are made every
tax credit when they file their 2021 tax ity-of-life crimes, which was something day by the men and women of law en-
returns. Families can make sure they I warned in 2017 that would lead to forcement.
get an accurate payment quickly by crimes skyrocketing. The broken win- In communities across America, they
filing their 2020 tax return as soon as dows theory is real. serve as the gatekeepers of law and
possible. Then you add the State legislature’s order. Even as the far left calls for
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Even individuals who lost their jobs attempts to reform bail, the rush to defunding the police, these dedicated
during the pandemic or do not nor- close Rikers Island, emptying the jails, heroes will not hesitate when called
mally file taxes, should file this year to putting dangerous criminals with upon to serve.
receive the credit. The IRS needs the lengthy rap sheets back onto our I believe that their hard work should
information from the tax returns to streets. be recognized every day because, with-
calculate and issue the monthly child The Governor’s Parole Board has re- out them, law and order would cease to
tax credit payments. leased over 16 cop killers and other exist and criminality would reign.
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