[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 153 (Wednesday, October 21, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H11522-H11523]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   FIND WAYS TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES

  (Mr. ROGERS of Alabama asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, the folks in east Alabama, as 
across most of America, are hurting right now. In my home county, we 
have 11 percent unemployment, and that's the lowest unemployment in 
that region of the State. I have several counties in my district with 
15 percent unemployment, and I have one county with 17 percent. That's 
real pain. And instead of this Congress and this administration finding 
ways to help small businesses create jobs and get these people back to 
work, they're talking about raising taxes on small businesses and 
creating government-run health insurance and mandating it on small 
businesses.
  We need to find ways to help small businesses create jobs. We need to 
offer tax credits if you'll hire new employees. We need to offer tax 
credits if

[[Page H11523]]

you'll buy new equipment, expand your plants and create jobs. We need 
to find ways to help these small businesses provide health insurance by 
allowing association health plans, simplified billing, allow us to 
purchase health insurance across State lines and passing tort reform.
  It's time for us to come up with the ways to help small business 
create jobs instead of finding ways to hinder them.

                          ____________________