[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14096-14097]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

  (Mr. GUTHRIE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GUTHRIE. Madam Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to be here 
this morning to talk about during the last few weeks I've been back in 
my district doing America Speaking Out events and listening to people 
and talking with people about what their issues are and sharing with me 
what we should be doing here in Washington, D.C.
  In my district, unemployment is the number one issue like it is 
across the country. And not just hearing from people looking for jobs 
but talking to people who want to provide jobs. And they are concerned 
about the tax increases that could be coming with the expiration of the 
tax cuts.
  And one of the concerns that we heard Secretary Geithner talk about 
this weekend, Madam Speaker, is that the taxes could increase on those 
making $250,000 or more, which we know half of that runs through small 
businesses. So I'm talking to a lot of small

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business owners who are afraid of taxes because they want to grow their 
business and hire people and put them to work.

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