Expanded Child Tax Credit (Cong. Rec., May 12, 2021)
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A page of the Congressional Record, House, dated May 12, 2021, at page H2209, made up of one-minute speeches. Mr. García of Illinois says the expanded child tax credit in the American Rescue Plan will benefit nearly 90 percent of the children in his district, with more than 40,000 households getting an average of $3,300. Ms. Bourdeaux describes a memorial to Charlie Hale that will replace a Confederate monument in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and Ms. Ross recognizes Wiley Elementary School. A speaker at the top of the page says businesses in an eastern North Carolina district cannot find workers, Mr. Mooney speaks on Mother's Day, and Mr. Ferguson honors Ralph Puckett.
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May 12, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2209
Ms. ROSS. Madam Speaker, I rise ENSURING PAST INJUSTICES ARE My eastern North Carolina district is
today to recognize an extraordinary NOT FORGOTTEN set to have a huge tourist season, but
public school in my district, less than (Ms. BOURDEAUX asked and was they can’t find anybody to come to
1 mile from my house, Wiley Elemen- given permission to address the House work, the same with boatbuilders, ho-
tary School. for 1 minute.) tels, and other businesses. They cannot
For the second time in 5 years, Wiley Ms. BOURDEAUX. Madam Speaker, open up normally. They cannot open
has been named a top magnet elemen- as we continue to grapple with the their doors because the administra-
tary school in the Nation for its dedi- issues of race and justice in our coun- tion’s socialist policies want to pay
cation to excellence. try, I rise today to share a story of people to stay at home.
It is both an international magnet tragedy and progress from my own dis- America, despite your government,
and a true neighborhood school. A di- trict. you need to get back to work.
verse and welcoming community, More than a century ago, Charlie f
Wiley’s teachers, faculty, parents, and Hale, a young African-American male
EXPANDED CHILD TAX CREDIT
staff go above and beyond to ensure in Lawrenceville, Georgia, was ab-
that every student receives the best ducted, brought into the city square, (Mr. GARCÍA of Illinois asked and
education possible. strung up, and shot simply because of was given permission to address the
Wiley offers the International Stud- the color of his skin. No arrests were House for 1 minute.)
ies Magnet Program, which allows stu- ever made in his murder. Mr. GARCÍA of Illinois. Madam
dents to take as many as eight elec- Decades passed. Charlie’s name was Speaker, I represent a working-class
tives, including five foreign languages, forgotten, and in a cruel twist of irony, district in Chicago, and my community
in elementary school. Through this a Confederate monument was erected has been especially hard-hit by the
program, students are able to learn mere steps away from the site of his pandemic.
about cultures other than their own murder. And so it stood for decades, I have one of the largest percentages
and experience diverse perspectives. until now. of school-age children in my district,
I believe the foundation to a quality That Confederate monument stands and my neighbors are worried about
education begins in elementary school, no longer. It was removed following putting food on the table. I have seen
and I know that Wiley is setting stu- our country’s long-overdue racial reck- the lines at food banks grow and grow.
dents up for success. oning this past year. In its place will But the expanded child tax credit in
I am honored to represent Wiley Ele- stand a memorial to the life and death the American Rescue Plan changes
mentary School in Congress, and I am of Charlie Hale. that. Nearly 90 percent of the children
awed by all that their children achieve. I want to recognize the leadership of in my district will benefit. And more
Marlene Taylor-Crawford and her work than 40,000 households will get an aver-
f
with the Gwinnett Remembrance Coa- age of $3,300, parents like Jaime in
lition Project, the Gwinnett Historical Logan Square, who will finally be able
Restoration and Preservation Board, to send his son to college this year at
CANCELING MOTHERS and all the activists who pushed for the University of Illinois at Urbana-
(Mr. MOONEY asked and was given this change for years. Champaign thanks to this tax credit.
permission to address the House for 1 The dirt where his blood was spilled This program is about helping their
minute and to revise and extend his re- will be collected and displayed in per- children thrive, and in my community,
marks.) petuity in Gwinnett County, as well as it is already working.
Mr. MOONEY. Madam Speaker, this the Legacy Museum and the National f
past weekend, we celebrated Mother’s Memorial for Peace and Justice in
Day, a day for families across our great Montgomery. b 1215
Nation to honor our mothers. I want to be clear: Even more than a HONORING RALPH PUCKETT
God has blessed me with a wife, the century later, this does not make
things right by Charlie Hale or those (Mr. FERGUSON asked and was
mother of our three beautiful children, given permission to address the House
including two daughters. who loved him and lost him. But it
does take an important step to ensure for 1 minute.)
My own mother, Lala, has instilled in Mr. FERGUSON. Madam Speaker, I
me the values I am proud to cherish the injustices of the past are not for-
gotten. rise today to recognize a remarkable
today, including my faith and belief in individual from my district, Colonel
family. My mother, who is almost 80 f
Ralph Puckett, a 94-year-old veteran
years old, fled Communist Cuba under GETTING AMERICA BACK TO WORK who will soon receive the Nation’s
the Castro regime and is now a proud (Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina highest award, the Medal of Honor.
American. Her love of country inspires asked and was given permission to ad- Colonel Puckett is a Georgia native
me each day. dress the House for 1 minute.) and a graduate of West Point. Soon
Mother’s Day was founded by West Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina. after graduating, he was deployed to
Virginia native Anna Jarvis in 1908. Madam Speaker, at a time when the fight in Korea in the 8th Army Ranger
But the radical left, including some economy should be roaring back, we Company. In November of 1950, he hero-
Members of Congress, have begun refer- just witnessed one of the worst month- ically led his Ranger company on a
ring to mothers as ‘‘birthing people.’’ ly job reports in history because of the freezing day at the Battle for Hill 205.
NARAL, the pro-choice lobbying Biden administration’s socialist poli- His platoon was overcome by an on-
group, tweeted on May 6: ‘‘When we cies. slaught of Chinese attackers and a bar-
talk about birthing people, we are Despite States loosening restrictions rage of artillery fire. Colonel Puckett
being inclusive. It is that simple.’’ on businesses, the unemployment rate sustained severe injuries during this
The canceling of the term ‘‘mother’’ has actually gone up. Why? Because attack.
actually began here in the Congress the Democrats want to pay people to Although his injuries incapacitated
when Speaker PELOSI changed the sit at home rather than actually go to him, Colonel Puckett selflessly ordered
House Rules package and eliminated work. Republicans in Congress warned Private First Class Billy G. Walls and
the words ‘‘mother,’’ ‘‘father,’’ ‘‘son,’’ about this, and, lo and behold, we were Private First Class Davis L. Pollock to
and ‘‘daughter,’’ and replaced them right. leave him on the battlefield. He could
SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE
with ‘‘parent’’ and ‘‘child.’’ While campaigning, candidate Biden see the Chinese soldiers within yards of
It defies common sense that the can- promised to shut down the virus, not attacking his Rangers, but his com-
cel culture and some Members of Con- the economy. Well, the virus has been rades returned to carry him to safety,
gress would seek to cancel the term shut down because of Operation Warp despite the danger.
‘‘mother.’’ It is wrong that we cannot Speed, yet now President Biden has Colonel Puckett went on to serve
celebrate mothers on the House floor. shut down businesses because he pays honorably in Colombia, Germany, and
All mothers play an important role. people to stay at home. Vietnam until his retirement in 1971.
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