SUPPORTING RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI

Dear Friend:

Last month, I joined my colleagues in the House of Representatives in co-sponsoring and passing legislation that will encourage more charitable contributions to Haiti, by changing current law to speed up tax deductions.  The bill, H.R. 4462, was unanimously approved by the House.

With over 230,000 deaths and close to a million people left homeless, the people of Haiti need any and all help they can receive. While this bill marks a small change in tax law, it is an important step to encourage more immediate charitable contributions to our suffering neighbors in Haiti.  Now all charitable contributions made to Continue reading →