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I agree with much of what some of the speakers have said today about the importance of small business and the job creation that small business has been responsible for. You can see statistics where 80 percent of the job creation in recent…
With the unemployment rate stuck at nearly 10 percent, far too many Americans and small businesses are struggling to get by. While the bill before us contains some very limited benefits, it does little to help small businesses create the…
This bill is going to spend taxpayers' money. I believe we have an obligation, if we're going to spend taxpayers' money, that we do it effectively. On Friday night, the Treasury released a report that in 2015 our debt will exceed the gross…
This bill contains many positive features but also some negative ones, and thus, I reluctantly plan to oppose it. Like my friend on the other side of the aisle, I'm pleased to see that it does include some tax relief, albeit limited, for…
Let's be clear about what we are doing here today, and, that is, absolutely nothing. This bill is going nowhere. It will not be signed into law, and it will be totally rewritten in the Senate. Majority Leader Reid made that perfectly clear…
This legislation before us raises the deficit by $54 billion. It is not the fiscally responsible legislation that some claim it to be. I insert in the Record the analysis by the Congressional Budget Office that shows the deficit increases…
I submit for the Record a list of all of the American businesses that oppose this bill because it will cost us American jobs. Job Creators Oppose Democrats' Deficit Extender Bill Cite Concerns that Provisions Will Hinder Job Creation…
I rise in support of this legislation. The images of the devastation caused by the January earthquake that ravaged Haiti and its people were difficult for all of us to watch. And while those stories may no longer be splashed across the…
I just want to say that there is and has been strong, bipartisan support for this legislation. This legislation certainly deserves that support. I do want to note that I think it's important as we move forward that we not seek to establish…
It's tough to see this bill either as a small business bill or as a jobs bill, and, specifically, I have three concerns: One, it raises taxes on employers during a recession, making it tougher for Americans to find needed work. Two…
My point would be that we actually raise revenues in years 2010 and 2011. We do not reduce revenues, so I would suggest that the point of order is without merit.
I have heard that this welfare expansion is about jobs. Frankly, it's not. Democrats propose to expand the welfare emergency fund that was contained in last year's failed stimulus bill by $2.5 billion. They just extend it for another year…
I would just say to the gentleman and to those on the floor, to say this is the same proposal that occurred in the previous administration is really an oversimplification. The previous administration really wanted to have a more targeted…
Today we begin to repeal some of the most troubling aspects of the Democrats' health care bill. This Republican motion is straightforward. It strikes troubling tax increases, it maintains tax relief for small businesses, repeals unpopular…
Mr. Speaker, I know that some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are still undecided, and I sincerely urge you to vote ``no.'' This is the wrong bill at the wrong time. At a time when 15 million Americans are out of work, this…
Mr. Speaker, this is the people's House, and we were sent here to represent people throughout America. Some are actually in the gallery, some have been marching around this building, some are sitting at home watching on TV. Or they're in…
As the previous vote shows, there is bipartisan opposition to the health care bill the Senate sent to this House. It is with good reason. The American people, Republicans and a few brave Democrats--34, to be exact--34 brave Democrats have…
Americans do not want a government takeover of health care. They do not want a 2,000-page bill that puts Federal bureaucrats in charge of their personal health care decisions. They do not want a half-a-trillion-dollar cut to Medicare to…
Today I would like to congratulate my colleague, the distinguished gentleman from Michigan, Congressman Dale Kildee, on casting 20,000 votes in the United States House of Representatives--the people's House. Twenty thousand votes is quite…
If this so-called PAYGO legislation fails, there is no increase in the debt limit and you cannot separate the two concepts. If this legislation passes, the debt limit increases by an astounding $1.9 trillion, the largest one-time increase…
Such power of exercising a public health option eventually would produce a single payer system.
It is entirely possible to imagine effective health care reform changes that would expand coverage and help control costs without a public option.
It is difficult enough to provide access and coverage for the 30 to 45 million Americans without insurance.
Employer-provided insurance is under pressure and in many cases is already eroding.
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