Treasury Department Statement on House Passage of Tax Cut, Unemployment Insurance Package

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2010. The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the following statement from Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner regarding the passage of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 by the House of Representatives:

“We had a responsibility to protect middle class families from a tax increase that would have hit their paychecks and harmed the recovery.  And while we do not agree on everything in this legislation, I…