[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18490]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CREATING JOBS, NOT DESTROYING THEM

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, our economy is in the midst of a historic 
recession, and millions of Americans have lost their jobs over the past 
several months despite promises from Speaker Pelosi and President Obama 
that their extravagant spending would create jobs.
  But Americans are a hardworking and resilient people. So I was 
excited when I heard from a laid off entrepreneurial constituent of 
mine from Allegheny County, North Carolina, who's working on starting 
his own business. He plans to hire around 20 people over the next 2 
years.
  However, he recently wrote to tell me that if the Democrats' health 
care bill becomes law, the new taxes and burdensome rules will take a 
devastating bite out of his ability to grow jobs. In fact, he said he 
would hire only half the workers if this legislation becomes law.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a travesty. This Congress should be implementing 
policies that create jobs, instead of burdening entrepreneurs with job-
killing taxes and new government mandates and red tape.

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