[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18498]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    CUT TAXES, CONTROL SPENDING, CREATE A COMMONSENSE ENERGY POLICY

  (Mr. JORDAN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the reason our economy is not 
creating jobs is that small business owners are asking themselves, 
What's coming next out of this place? Always remember this, Mr. 
Speaker: The American people are smart. Small business owners are 
smart, but they're apprehensive; they're anxious about what's coming 
next from this Congress.
  Is, in fact, this Congress going to pass cap-and-trade that's going 
to raise the cost of energy? Is, in fact, this cost of energy going to 
raise taxes? Is this Congress going to federally take over health care 
and make health care decisions for every single family and for every 
single small business owner out there?
  That's why we're not creating jobs. We need to do what we know always 
works: cut taxes, get spending under control and enact a commonsense 
energy policy.

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