[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 12, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H4867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PRESIDENT OBAMA, JOIN US IN SUPPORTING POLICIES THAT WILL PUT AMERICANS 
                              BACK TO WORK

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Madam Speaker, 9.2 percent unemployment in June. 
Twenty-nine months in a row of over 8 percent unemployment. Twenty 
million Americans remain unemployed or underemployed. It has to stop. 
These are stark reminders that President Obama's excessive spending, 
unprecedented debt, and overregulation, as well as the threats of job-
killing taxes on small businesses and entrepreneurs, are holding back 
private sector job creation in our economy.
  American job creators fear the regulatory and fiscal environment they 
will face in the near future. Until they have some certainty, they will 
not invest or hire. We are working hard to bring back that certainty 
and ensure our pro-growth economic environment. By doing that, we must 
cut red tape, cut spending, and keep taxes low, but also pass 
legislation to expand domestic energy production and open new markets 
for American goods overseas.
  We need President Obama and his party to stop trying to raise taxes 
on job creators and instead embrace our commonsense proposal to put 
Americans back to work.

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