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On the recordApril 19, 2012
I thank the gentleman for yielding time. I want to say that our colleagues reveal their attitude toward taxpayer money when they say this will cost us. The attitude of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, Mr. Speaker, is that all the money that hardworking taxpayers earn belongs to the government. This doesn't cost us; this allows some people to keep more of their money. I rise today in support of H.R. 9, the Small Business Tax Cut Act, which would provide America's private sector with the resources needed to help supercharge desperately needed hiring. It's worth mentioning how this bill will benefit women since one- third of the firms directly benefiting from the act are owned by women. In North Carolina, small businesses with between one and 500 employees employ 205,490 individuals; 23,348 of those businesses are women-owned. Mr. Speaker, it's for these reasons I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 9.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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