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On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
When you allocate all those costs to the private sector, the businesses that you are looking to to create jobs, you inhibit if you do not eliminate our ability to create jobs.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess argues that costs imposed on businesses hinder job creation.

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