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The reason we saw these massive job losses was because we weren't doing our job regulating the financial markets.

Where will that growth come from? It won't be from households.

The President said last night, and I think we should all embrace the goal you have reiterated of working together to foster an environment where entrepreneurs and businesses can create jobs for the people of our county.

State and local governments are in deep financial trouble. They cannot be counted on to spend their way to prosperity.

I hope Congress would consider taking some action maybe to move this along a little bit quicker.

The recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is riddled with bad economic policy.

Stimulus is appropriate when the economy is falling, and we can debate the effectiveness of the American Recovery Act.

2010 was a banner year for regulators and saw an 18 percent increase in Federal Register pages devoted to regulation.

Those taxes will be passed along to workers in the form of lower wages or fewer jobs.

We will be downgraded as a sovereign borrower within this decade.

The law is a recipe for higher insurance premiums.

Today, businesses have powerful new tax incentives for businesses to hire unemployed Americans and expand their businesses.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 31 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

Mr. Speaker, before I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, I'll take about 10 seconds to respond to my friend, the gentleman from New Jersey, about the $250. It's not contemplated in the legislation, nor is it our understanding of the…

Mr. Speaker, in closing, I actually don't know anybody who is supporting the red tape of the insurance company. What I find interesting is that we think it is a better solution to add thousands of pages of new government regulations and…

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Dold).

Mr. Speaker, then at this time I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Long).

Mr. Speaker, could I inquire again as to the time remaining on each side, please. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Lucas). The gentleman from Minnesota has 10 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining.