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On the recordJuly 17, 2012
when I am speaking to either Fortune 50 CEOs, world-class investors, small business people in east Texas, here is what I hear: number one, uncertain Federal regulation and certainly harmful Federal regulation is crushing jobs; number two, the threatened single largest tax increase in U.S. history; number three, a Nation on the road to bankruptcy; and number four, rhetoric out of this President that vilifies success in the free enterprise system.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling discusses the negative impact of federal regulations and taxes on job creation.

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