Jim Lightfoot on Families & Children

Former Republican Representative (IA-3)

Use tax code to reinforce families.

Lightfoot signed the Contract with America:

[As part of the Contract with America, within 100 days we pledge to bring to the House Floor the following bill]:

The Families Reinforcement Act:
Child support enforcement, tax incentives for adoption, strengthening rights of parents in their children’s education, stronger child pornography laws, and an elderly dependent care tax credit to reinforce the central role of families in American society.

Source: Contract with America 93-CWA6 on Sep 27, 1994

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