SALAZAR JOINS BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CHILD TAX CREDIT FOR WORKING FAMILIES

Washington, Sept. 8 -- Representative María Elvira Salazar issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative María Elvira Salazar (FL-27) joined Representatives Carol Miller (R-WV), Steven Horsford (D-NV), and Chris Pappas (D-NH) in introducing the bipartisan Stronger Start for Working Families Act, legislation that would lower the earned-income threshold for the refundable Child Tax Credit from $2,500 to $1. Under current law, the refundable portion of the Child Tax Credit does not begin phasing in until a family earns more than $2,500. The Stronger Start for Working Families Act would allow eligible working families to begin earning the refundable credit with their first dollar of earned income....