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




                 URGING CONGRESS TO DO THE RIGHT THING

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs? Unemployment in my 
district has hit 14 percent--14 percent. Failed stimulus aside, 
Washington is doing nothing but making matters worse.
  Put yourself in the shoes of the only people that can lift us out of 
this economic recession--small business owners. Let's see what they're 
facing.
  They're facing higher energy costs because of this Democrat cap-and-
trade tax on energy. They're facing higher health care costs because of 
a government takeover of health care. They're looking at higher energy 
taxes, higher health care costs, and the kicker is, higher personal 
income taxes. The liberals are already proposing it.
  The folks that are running Washington are out of touch with small 
business owners and are doing the wrong thing on our economy. And I 
urge the leadership of this Congress to do the right thing. Don't kill 
the goose that laid the golden egg. Don't kill small business owners. 
And don't hurt this economy any more.

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