Mark Pocan: “This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill…”

“This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Mr. Speaker, when I was 23, I decided to open a small business in my home State of Wisconsin, a business which I still own today nearly 3 decades later. I know what it takes to create jobs, good family supporting union jobs. I know what a headache misguided regulation can be. No one supports dumb regulation. There is a regulation that says it is a crime to sell ``turkey ham'' as ``ham turkey'' or with the words ``turkey'' or ``ham'' in a different font. That is just dumb. But I also know that rhetoric about regulation can go too far and in the wrong direction and sometimes be done for the wrong reasons. Last week, we all heard loud and clear that there is economic anxiety in this country, more than anyone ever imagined. {time} 1130 While the economy has largely come back from the crash of 2008, too many are working more hours for less, and many don't earn what they used to in jobs that have left us and have gone overseas. The last thing we should be doing right now is anything that costs us jobs in this country, and that is exactly what this bill before us would do today. This motion to recommit is simple. We should support any rules and regulations that help put Americans back to work.…”