[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 46 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  THE RESTORING ECONOMIC CERTAINTY ACT

  (Mr. RIBBLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RIBBLE. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1281, the 
Restoring Economic Certainty Act of 2011. This bill places a 24-month 
moratorium on the majority of new regulations promulgated by agencies, 
giving small businesses the certainty required to create jobs. The goal 
of this bill is to provide confidence to small businesses, which create 
the overwhelming majority of jobs in America. I am calling on Congress 
to enact a regulatory cooling off period. Let's give America's small 
businesses a chance to catch their breath from the over 23,000 rules 
and tens of thousands of pages of regulations that have been enacted 
since 2004.
  As a business owner myself, I have seen firsthand the harmful impact 
that government regulations and uncertainty can have on job creation. 
Job creators have to know that they won't be punished by unelected 
Federal bureaucrats with additional rules, regulations, and redtape. I 
urge my colleagues to join me in support of H.R. 1281 today. Let's send 
job creators a clear signal that we are not going to allow government 
to be an impediment to business growth.

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