[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H8743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                             CREATING JOBS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, today the House will vote to extend critical 
provisions to help those seeking jobs, and we will do so without 
hurting job creators or adding to our national debt. Today's Tax Relief 
and Job Creation Act also extends the payroll tax holiday, preventing a 
tax increase on millions of Americans. I'm also very glad to see that 
we extend the doc fix for 2 years, preventing cuts that could lead many 
doctors to stop seeing Medicare patients. The bill also shows that the 
government doesn't have to spend money to create jobs; much of the time 
it just has to get out of the way.
  The State Department has already declared that the planned route of 
the Keystone pipeline is the safest option, that the contractor is 
taking every safety precaution. We can see more than 120,000 jobs 
directly and indirectly created without a dime of taxpayer money.
  Our bill proves that you don't need to raise taxes on some Americans 
to create jobs and provide essential benefits. We don't need to hurt 
job creators or add to future burdens in order to do the right thing.

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