[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      CREATING ECONOMIC CERTAINTY

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Madam Speaker, solving this Nation's crushing 
unemployment problem has been my focus since the people of eastern and 
southeastern Ohio sent me to Washington to start the process of change.
  Today I rise to outline five specific actions we must accomplish to 
create economic certainty, give job creators the confidence they need 
to begin hiring again, and make American companies more competitive 
both here at home and globally.
  They are: require the Federal Government to balance its budget 
annually; scrap the current Federal Tax Code and implement a flatter, 
fairer tax code; eliminate all pending Federal regulations not directly 
tied to public health or national security; establish a clear national 
energy policy; and repeal the President's health care law.
  Now, I've discussed all of this with countless residents of eastern 
and southeastern Ohio, and they all like what they hear. But the 
popularity of this agenda has little to do with me. These ideas are 
rooted in the American dream, and they can boost America's economy and 
lead to real job creation.
  If this administration wants to help us, we can start creating the 
jobs Ohio and America needs.

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