Orrin Hatch: “there are several aspects of U.S. job creation and retention on which many of us may disagree. I do not believe…”

“there are several aspects of U.S. job creation and retention on which many of us may disagree. I do not believe, however, that the need for an effective research credit is one of them. It will do more for workers, more for jobs, more for high technology, more for opportunities, and more for the economy than most anything else we could pass. In this jobs bill it seems very appropriate for us to add this particular amendment to it. This amendment has strong support from both sides of the aisle. It has the unified support of the whole business community. It is the right thing to do for U.S. workers, for the U.S. economy, and for our children and our grandchildren. This amendment will open a door for small businesses, where most of the jobs are created anyway, to create more jobs, more opportunities, more good products, more high technology, more ways of keeping the United States at the forefront, economically, in this world than almost anything else we could do. This jobs bill, which itself is an excellent bill that will do a lot for jobs, will be much better for having this amendment added to it. I hope my colleagues will all vote for it. It is a worthwhile thing to do. It is something that every one of us ought to vote for. I thank those who have cosponsored this with me, those who have amended it with their excellent suggestions and the members of the Senate Finance Committee who have been champions of this for many years.”