[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 113 (Thursday, July 26, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5296]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXCESSIVE FEDERAL REGULATIONS

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, take a look at this. Take a look at 
the regulatory red tape that's strangling America's small businesses, 
our job creators. Every time I travel up and down the Ohio River, 
businesses, both large and small, tell me that new regulations and the 
threat of more are keeping them from hiring and expanding.
  Unemployment has been above 8 percent for the past 41 months, and 
America's job creators are speaking loud and clear that they want 
certainty. They want to grow and expand. And as a small business owner 
myself, I know firsthand the destructive burden of excessive 
regulation.
  Today this House will take an important step toward freeing America's 
job creators from these excessive regulations. The Red Tape Reduction 
and Small Business Job Creation Act puts a stop to President Obama's 
unchecked power to issue costly and job-killing regulations on a whim. 
I encourage my colleagues to stand with me in supporting this 
legislation that will empower job creators to put America back to work.

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