WASHINGTON, D.C.–At the weekly press conference with Republican leaders Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (KS-02) highlighted her bill the Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014 which will be considered by the House of Representatives later this week. This legislation indexes the child tax credit and the limitations to inflation to help parents keep more of their hard earned money to use for the mounting expenses of parenting.

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Following are Congresswoman Jenkins’ remarks:

“A Wall Street Journal headline this week asks, “Can you afford to have a child?” And that’s the same question that there are families in Kansas sitting around their kitchen table today asking themselves.

“Yesterday, the cover of the Washington Post had a story about a working family in the Midwest who is  struggling to start a family. The Post says this, “The languishing economy has caused people to doubt if they can afford to be parents.”

“A Gallup poll has found that the main reason Americans have delayed parenthood were worries about money and the economy.

“This does not have to be the new normal. There are sensible solutions that we are working on here in the House that will get more money in folks’ pockets and get people back to work.

“We will take up this week, my bill the Child Tax Credit and Improvement Act, which is designed to help struggling families pay for the rising costs of raising children. Because when working families succeed, the nation’s economy succeeds.”

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