grant a $1,000 tax credit to the 300,000 victims of the WV water crisis to cover expenses caused by the contamination.

For almost three months now, about 300,000 West Virginians have not been able to rely on the water that is coming into their homes. On January 9th, 75,000 gallons of a chemical used to clean coal of impurities, called 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol (or MCHM) was spilled into the Elk river in Charleston, WV. Residents have still been paying for this water. In the weeks immediately following the crisis, they spent thousands of dollars on bottled water that they normally would not need just to cook for themselves and their families, wash their clothes and dishes, and even bathe. They drove to stay with family and friends in other cities. Businesses and employees lost millions. Act now to introduce a bill in Congress that provides a $1,000 tax credit for every victim of this catastrophe.