[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 184 (Friday, December 2, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H8080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           REGULATORY REFORM

  (Mr. DOLD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, despite the supercommittee's inability to come 
to a bipartisan agreement recently, we cannot stand idly by and hope 
that someone will fix the problem. Rather, we must come together to 
find common ground today.
  In the President's address before this body just a short time ago, he 
called for the removal of burdensome regulations on small businesses. I 
certainly hope that that's something that both Republicans and 
Democrats can agree upon.
  As a small business owner, I know that the economic uncertainty 
facing job creators today is largely based upon the threat of thousands 
of pages of new regulations that are coming out day after day. What we 
need to do is implement smart regulations and repeal duplicative and 
burdensome regulations that stand in the way of job creation.
  We can all agree that we want clean air, clean water a healthy 
environment, and consumer protection, so let's come together and 
implement smart regulations and get rid of the redtape and excessive 
regulations that are keeping our job creators and entrepreneurs from 
growing and expanding their businesses and hiring more workers.
  Let's get America back to work.

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