Kevin Brady: “I rise to support the measure proposed by the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas), chairman of the Committee on Ways…”

“I rise to support the measure proposed by the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas), chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and supported by the President. The President's measure is important to the country because we cannot stand idly by and let a terrorist topple our economy as they toppled the World Trade Center. We have a big economy in America so any stimulus bill we have has to be focused. It cannot be scattered. This bill helps boost consumer spending, but its main focus is to preserve and create new jobs. Getting our economy moving will not happen because people go to the shopping mall with a shopping list. It will happen because they go to the mall with a job and the shopping list. The tax code we have today discourages companies from helping people get jobs and keep them. We changed that. We are encouraging companies to buy that new piece of equipment, to open that new satellite office, to approve that new project, to create jobs; and as importantly, we stop taking money from businesses that they could better use to keep their good people on board during these economic tough times.”