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Testimony of Congressman Danny K. Davis in Support of
the Davis-Lewis-Thompson Amendment
Improving Retirement Savings and Lowering Educational Debt by Allowing Employers to Make 401(k) Matching Payments for Employees Making Student Loan Payments
Testimony of Congressman Danny K. Davis in Support of
the Davis-DelBene-Lewis-Thompson Amendment
Improving the Ability of Middle Class Families to Adopt and Care for their Children by Making the Adoption Tax Credit Refundable, Restoring the Exclusions for Employer Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance Programs, and Modernizing the Child Care Tax Credit
Summary of D. Davis (IL), Sewell (AL), Lewis (GA), and Thompson (CA) Amendment to
Rules Committee Print 115-39,
H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
This amendment reinstates and makes permanent the New Market Tax Credit to incentivize private sector investment and job creation in economically-distressed communities, increasing the national credit limitation to $5 billion and providing for an inflation adjustment.
Testimony of Congressman Danny K. Davis in Support of
the Davis-Schakowsky Amendment
Creating the Patriot Employer Credit to
Encourage Companies to Invest in American Workers
· On May 24, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) re-designated Haiti for 6 months of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), rather than the full 18 months requested by the Government of Haiti, Haiti experts in the United States, the Congressional Black Caucus, and others.
· DHS’ decision did not reflect the reality on the ground in Haiti, which include Haiti’s food scarcity crisis, cholera epidemic, and the ongoing challenges posed by the unprecedented 2010 earthquake.