[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 194 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H9801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ACCESS TO CAPITAL MARKETS

  (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, as a small business owner, I know that it's 
tough to get access to capital. If a company doesn't have the resources 
it needs to grow and expand, then it's virtually impossible to hire new 
workers.
  Yesterday, the Financial Services Committee had a hearing where we 
examined a bipartisan bill, H.R. 3606, which would make it easier for 
companies to access capital markets and ease the overwhelming 
regulations that these young businesses encounter. This is exactly the 
type of bill that both sides can agree on, and I certainly urge my 
colleagues to support it.
  Without a doubt, by allowing companies access to the markets, we give 
them the opportunity to succeed, and, in turn, they will have the 
opportunity to create additional jobs, which is what we desperately 
need.
  Bill after bill has been passed out of this body and gone over to the 
Senate. Over two dozen bills wait on the Senate, of which each and 
every one of them are bipartisan and would create additional jobs. With 
an unemployment rate of over 8 percent for the past 34 months and at 
least 9 percent for 28 of those months, it's about time that we moved 
forward on the jobs package that we're trying to push in the House. We 
need to step up and get America back to work.

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