Max Baucus: “in Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare wrote: There is small choice in rotten apples. I am here to talk about the…”

“in Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare wrote: There is small choice in rotten apples. I am here to talk about the choice we have this afternoon, on voting for final passage of H.R. 3606. Over the past week, the Senate has been debating a bill the House has called the JOBS Act. But as former Securities and Exchange Commission chief accountant Lynn E. Turner said recently: It won't create jobs, but it will simplify fraud. I fully support finding ways to help the private sector create good- paying jobs. Last year, I worked with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass the Vets Jobs bill, cutting taxes for small businesses while helping veterans get back to work. This Chamber also passed three free trade agreements, setting the stage to increase American exports to Korea, Colombia, and Panama by an estimated $13 billion a year, resulting in tens of thousands of new jobs. And just last week, the Senate passed overwhelmingly the highway bill, which will create and sustain more than 14,000 American jobs per year. But our choice today leaves much to be desired. While this bill includes some very positive changes to enhance and encourage small business investment, it includes several rotten apples that roll back important investor protections and put the integrity of our markets into question. So quickly we forget the past. Just over a decade ago, a company called Enron revealed one of the largest corporate and accounting scandals of our time.…”