Blaine Luetkemeyer: “I thank the gentlewoman from California for her remarks, and we certainly appreciate her comments. She made a comment…”

“I thank the gentlewoman from California for her remarks, and we certainly appreciate her comments. She made a comment with regards to entrepreneurs. The small business folks are the entrepreneurs that make our country work. They are willing to take the risk and invest their own dollars, work long hours, and wind up being paid last, if at all sometimes. I am glad she pointed out the lesson that we should be learning from California. A lot of times we look to California to see what the latest trends are. Right now, the latest trend is whoever is the last one out, turn the lights off. So I think we need to be looking at that and listening to those citizens, those businesspeople, who are leaving the State due to the high cost of taxes and regulations, just to be able to work there. I am excited now to have another new member to our conference, who also is a member of the Small Business Committee, former State senator from the State of Wisconsin, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Fitzgerald).”