[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14779]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     SMALL BUSINESS BILL OF RIGHTS

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to give the American people an 
update regarding what the House has done to implement the Small 
Business Bill of Rights.
  Small businesses create 70 percent of all new jobs. In April of 2005, 
the House passed the Small Business Bill of Rights which provided a 
blueprint for Congress to help small businesses create new jobs. As the 
author of this legislation, I am pleased to report that the House has 
done its job in 2005.
  In April, the House passed legislation repealing the death tax to 
allow family-owned small businesses to survive.
  In July, the House passed association health plans to help small 
businesses with the skyrocketing cost of health insurance.
  Also in July, the House passed four OSHA reform bills to help small 
businesses with red tape relief.
  In October, the House cracked down on frivolous lawsuits by passing 
the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act and the Personal Responsibility in Food 
Consumption Act, which I authored.
  Currently, all of these bills are stuck in the Senate and time is 
running out. I urge the Senate to act now to help small businesses by 
passing these legislative initiatives.

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