August 1, 2012
Washington—Today, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a senior member of the House Ways and Means and Budget Committees, spoke against the House Republican majority’s bill to extend the Bush tax cuts for those making over $250,000 a year while at the same time allowing other tax credits that help working families expire, including the American Opportunity Tax Credit that he authored to make college more affordable for millions of families.
“Now is not the time to let Republicans raise taxes on thousands of Texas families to provide more tax breaks for the privileged few. If there were an Olympic medal for protecting those sitting atop the economic ladder, at the expense of those trying to get a foothold on the first couple of rungs, these Republicans would go gold without any competition,” said Rep. Doggett.
