Peter Roskam: “Mr. Speaker, in his opening remarks, the chairman said that there was no excuse to vote ``no'' on this bill. Well, I…”

“Mr. Speaker, in his opening remarks, the chairman said that there was no excuse to vote ``no'' on this bill. Well, I want us to revisit that assertion because I think there might be. I think the excuse might be when the job creators themselves, Mr. Speaker, say that we need to be watchful and wary and oppose this. When the job creators use words like, this will jeopardize the jobs of American manufacturing employees, we have an excuse to vote ``no.'' Or when they say this will stifle our fragile economy, we have an excuse to vote ``no'' or that these tax increases are Draconian, or it will hinder job creation or decrease the competitiveness of American businesses, or deter economic growth, or harm our worldwide American economic competitiveness, all excuses to vote ``no.''”