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“I thank the chairman for his leadership and patience in working with us freshmen the last year, year and a half. I'm pleased to be the lead cosponsor of H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act with Congressman John Carney from Delaware. This bill has been a bipartisan effort from the beginning, and I want to thank the gentleman from Delaware and his staff, Sam Hodas, for working with us on this bill. I also want to thank the Financial Services Committee staff, Kevin Edgar, Jason Goggins, Walton Liles and Chris Russell, for their efforts on this legislation as well. Small businesses and entrepreneurs are the backbone of our Nation and our economy. This bill puts the focus on the private sector, capitalism, and the free market, providing the jump-start our Nation's entrepreneurs and small businesses need to grow and create jobs. This is about certainty and removing government bureaucratic redtape. Our Nation has seen a decline in small business start-ups over the last few years, which means fewer jobs created for American workers. The best thing our government can do right now to get our economy moving in the right direction is to help create an environment where new ideas and start-up companies have a chance to grow and succeed. Title I of this bill is legislation I introduced with Congressman Carney called the Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act.…”