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On the recordFebruary 10, 2011
We don't care which administration created all these burdensome regulations. If they do not protect public health and harm job creation, we want to review them. I don't see what's the big damage of that, and every time you hear the word ``incentives'' you know what that means? Tax dollars. That means borrowing money from China to incentivize who knows what. We want capital formation through the private sector to create jobs. The government can no longer do that.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois
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Feb 10, 2011

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Shimkus discusses the need to review regulations that hinder job creation and public health.

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