On the recordJuly 21, 2011
I thank the President for recognizing me, and I will speak and then look forward to hearing the remarks of my good friend from Iowa. I agree with the simple premise of what Mr. Wyden had to say. I think private sector job creation should be the No. 1 target for the country today. Frankly, anytime we are not talking about that or what we can do about spending, we are talking about the wrong two domestic issues. I would suggest, however, it is not like the option today was to bring that bill he described to the floor. I would love to see it on the floor. I would love to see a simpler, fairer, flatter more easily understood Tax Code because I do think certainty is one of the things that makes a difference in that decision to invest. But I absolutely agree the No. 1 priority for the country at this minute should be private sector job creation. And I look forward, as he does, to working on that. My only fault I find with the premise that is not the reason to talk about this is that is not what we were going to be talking about otherwise. In fact, the week we were going to spend here that was supposed to be the workweek during the Fourth of July, the bill the majority brought to the floor was the Libya resolution, which I haven't seen since. That was the week we were here to do something about spending, and that is why we didn't do the other things we had scheduled because we were going to talk about spending.…
