[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 91 (Thursday, June 17, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H4619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PROVIDE TAX RELIEF, NOT TAX CREEP

  (Mr. GRAVES of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Madam Speaker, in Georgia's Ninth 
Congressional District, there is the small town of Ellijay. It is known 
not only for Colonel Poole's barbecue and as the apple capital of 
Georgia but also as the home of the McCutchen-Poole Small Business 
Coalition. The reason is that community leaders like Colonel Oscar 
Poole and Joe McCutchen are committed to creating an environment where 
small business can thrive. However, taxation and regulation are 
stifling small business expansion.
  Throughout my legislative career, I have focused my efforts on 
removing these unnecessary barriers in order to unleash America's 
entrepreneurial spirit. As a small business man, I know that cutting 
spending here in Washington, eliminating the capital gains tax and 
reducing the corporate income tax, along with empowering the private 
sector, is the way to create jobs and to get Americans back to work.
  Stimulating the economy must come from expanding the private sector, 
not by expanding government. We have a 16-month track record of failed 
economic policies, and they continued once more here today. We should 
be encouraging small businesses, not penalizing them with higher taxes 
and more regulation.
  So I hope you will join me. Let's empower the taxpayer. Let's provide 
tax relief, not tax creep.

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