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On the recordOctober 13, 2011
I thank the Senator from Mississippi, and I will close by simply saying you have heard three Republicans this morning talking about differences we might have on regulation and on tax policy, but you have also heard the distinguished Senator from Mississippi, the physician Senator from Wyoming, and myself, from the State of Georgia, say we are ready, we are willing, and we are hopeful that we can sit down together as a Congress--not as a partisan Congress but as a bipartisan Congress--and find solutions to the regulatory problems, find incentives for businesses to invest, and find ways we can create jobs in the private sector, because in the end that is where job creation takes place. I will end with where Senator Reid started in his remarks. Yesterday was a landmark day. Republicans and Democrats came together and passed three free-trade agreements which will create jobs in the United States of America. Our problem is we waited almost a thousand days to do it. Let's start accelerating those decisions that must be made to bring us together. Let's find ways to cut our spending, empower our businesses, and find ways to regulate in a positive way, not in a suppressive and oppressive way on American small businesses. Senator Wicker, Senator Isakson, and Senator Barrasso are three who stand ready to join in doing that, anytime, anyplace, anywhere. I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore.…
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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