[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13388]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      IN SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESS

  (Mr. LANCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, over the Fourth of July district work period, 
I met with small business leaders in central New Jersey. We discussed 
the state of the economy and how New Jersey's job creators are in dire 
need of free market solutions that will help them create jobs. Instead, 
Congress has put forth job-killing policies that include higher taxes, 
unchecked spending, and new health care mandates that continue to put a 
drag on small businesses across the Nation.
  That's why I have joined a number of my colleagues from the Northeast 
in authoring a small business assistance plan that provides important 
tax relief, reduces paperwork requirements, and boosts small business 
lending. Our proposed measure focuses on letting small business owners 
keep more of what they earn to hire workers, buy new equipment, expand 
their companies, and spend less time filling out paperwork created by 
Federal mandates.
  I urge my colleagues to help small businesses across the Nation and 
cosponsor H.R. 5554.

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