On the recordOctober 24, 2001
The Republican version does help companies, small businesses, because those are the institutions that hire people. In Kansas, four out of five jobs are in small businesses. There is business expense and depreciation that will help small businesses in this stimulus package. One of the largest corporations in the Nation is the Boeing Company; but in Wichita, Kansas, they are laying off workers. They need help. They need a stimulus package. There is something in here to help them hire back those people. We act like the great villains are the businesses in America. The people in business provide the jobs so that taxes will be paid by individual workers. That is in the Republican version, and that is a very good part of it. Now, the opposition is going to present their version, and what it does is it raises taxes. It starts new programs. I urge my colleagues to accept the Republican version.
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