[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 BUDGET

  (Mr. GRAVES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GRAVES. Madam Speaker, the President's budget is going to cost 
Americans trillions of dollars. How does he want to pay for it? By 
taxing small businesses, the very people who are responsible for 
creating 7 out of every 10 jobs.
  Many small business owners file their taxes as individuals. So let's 
be honest about who we're asking to pay for this unprecedented 
expansion of government. Every dollar we take from small business 
owners is a dollar that cannot be used to reinvest in their businesses 
or hire more workers.
  The President and his friends in Congress act like they know the 
needs of small business owners. The President's announcement last 
Monday to ``help'' small businesses with SBA loans was a clear example 
of just how out of touch the President is. According to a recent survey 
of small business owners, 90 percent of owners said they have never 
even applied for an SBA loan.
  Congress must reject the President's budget which spends too much, 
borrows too much, and taxes our Nation's hardworking small business 
owners.
  Our job here in Congress is to put the American people back to work, 
not grow government.

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