[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H664]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      THERE'S A BETTER WAY FORWARD

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, you know, small businesses 
want, need, and deserve policies that will encourage, not punish 
economic growth. And yet, due to the Democrats' tax-and-spend agenda, 
job creators in my district are either cutting their payrolls or 
holding back on hiring. That's why we have a record 16 million 
Americans unemployed.
  There's a better way forward, and that way forward is with pro-
growth, small business tax cuts that will help get this economy moving 
again. Mr. Speaker, small business owners know how to run their company 
better than a Washington bureaucrat. It's time for the government to 
get out of the business of running small business.

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