[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               WASHINGTON PROPOSALS IMPEDING JOB CREATION

  (Mr. DENT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DENT. The issue is: Jobs, jobs, jobs. A friend of mine who 
employs many people in my district said this to me the other day, The 
policy proposals coming out of Washington are impeding job creation and 
scaring people. He's right. And there are five reasons that are driving 
his concern.
  One, a stimulus that spends too much, borrows too much, and delivers 
too few jobs. Two, a budget that doubles the national debt in 5 years 
and triples it in 10 years. Three, a card check bill that is 
undemocratic and imposes binding arbitration. Four, a national energy 
tax, cap-and-trade, that will cost 66,000 jobs in Pennsylvania and jack 
up electric bills for consumers. And, five, a House health care bill 
with enormous tax increases and mandates on small businesses and 
businesses of all size.
  Enough is enough. Time for Washington to get out of the way and let 
job creators do what they know how to do--create jobs.

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