On the recordJune 12, 2014
Frankly, this motion to recommit is absurd. It is absurd in this economy to threaten small business with higher taxes. The gentleman referred to favorites. Yes, I do have favorites. Those are the small businesses all across America that hire and to which people go to work every day. The margins are tight. You know the testimony we have had before the Ways and Means Committee. We need growth in this economy, certainty, and long-term tax policy. We are the only nation in the world that allows its tax policy to expire. Instead of threatening small businesses with higher taxes, we should give confidence to small businesses--confidence to know what the tax policy is. Look, it has been extended so many times it may as well be permanent. This is the point--so that they will grow, so that they will invest, so that they will hire workers. People will have higher wages as a result of a stronger, growing economy because families and middle class Americans will have jobs. Reject this threat of higher taxes, particularly on small businesses. Reject this motion to recommit. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.
