[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             HALT TAX HIKES

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I stand to voice my support 
for protecting small business on Main Street from the Obama tax hikes 
that start January 1. To create jobs, we need lower tax rates for 
everyone.
  Most small businesses pay taxes based on the individual tax rate. 
Increasing the individual tax rate means mom-and-pop business owners 
will have less money for business investment and job creation. It's not 
smart to raise taxes ever and certainly not in the wake of America's 
longest recession.
  How will raising taxes put people back to work?
  As a former small business owner, I know that the very threat of tax 
hikes, combined with the new health care law and the countless new 
rules and mandates coming from the Democrats, are impacting the ability 
and willingness of small businesses to create jobs.
  We need an up-or-down vote on freezing tax rates for everyone before 
election day so the American people can see for themselves who supports 
or opposes small business and free enterprise.

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