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Peter Roskam: What we've seen from the past 2 years has been failure. I mean, it's ironic. There's nobody... defending the economic…

On the recordFebruary 11, 2011
What we've seen from the past 2 years has been failure. I mean, it's ironic. There's nobody... defending the economic policies of the past 2 years... Jobs are job one of this Congress. It is imperative that we focus. And what we're doing with this resolution is putting an imprimatur of the work of these committees, saying your priority is to go through chapter and verse on these regulations and separate that out. The ones that don't add value, the ones that aren't making people safer, the ones that are complete nonsense, let's focus in on them, highlight them, and remove them. We have to remove the barriers to job creation. That is our responsibility. That is what should be bringing us all together. I urge the swift passage of this resolution.
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois
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Feb 11, 2011

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The speaker addresses the need for job creation and critiques past economic policies.

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