[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 10, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H256-H257]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REDUCING TAX AND REGULATORY BURDEN

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak briefly about the issue that 
my good friend from Burbank, Mr. Schiff, did, and that is the issue of 
minimum wage.
  I am well aware of the fact that 80 percent of the American people 
believe we should increase the minimum wage, and I am for everyone's 
wage being increased. I want those who are struggling to get on the 
first rung of the economic ladder to have every opportunity possible.
  That is why I think it is very important that as we prepare to embark 
on this debate on the minimum wage, that we focus on the most important 
item that we face and that was raised by Mr. Schiff, that being the 
issue of our being the richest economy in the world.
  Mr. Speaker, that is not by accident. It is because of policies that 
we have put into place that are doing everything we can to ensure 
economic growth. So that is why as we look at this issue of making sure 
that people

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who are dealing with economic challenges, we need to make sure that job 
creation is priority number one. And that is why focusing on reducing 
the tax and regulatory burden on those who are creating jobs should be 
priority number one.

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