[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16359]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   SMALL BUSINESSES ARE JOB CREATORS

  (Ms. LEE of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, small businesses are job 
creators. During this economic downturn, it is very important to 
support the engines of our economy which created two-thirds of the new 
jobs over the past 15 years.
  As a former small business owner for 11 years, I personally know what 
it takes to create jobs. For the life of me, I can't understand why 
Republicans have opposed the eight tax cuts for small businesses and 
the $30 billion lending fund for small businesses and community banks 
that will create $300 billion in investments.
  Republicans continue to deny small businesses the pro-growth 
initiatives that will help create jobs. Their true motives, to favor 
big business over small business, Wall Street over Main Street, and the 
wealthy over the middle class and the poor, have been exposed.
  Democrats are working day and night to help America recover from the 
Republican recession. Republicans should really try to make up for 
shattering the lives of millions by at least supporting small 
businesses to help turn the economy around.

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