[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HOUSE REPUBLICAN JOBS PLAN

  (Mr. FLORES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, as part of the House Republicans Plan for 
America's Job Creators, we are working hard every day to fix the Obama 
economy. Last week the Senate stopped a bipartisan bill to permanently 
repeal the job-killing 3 percent withholding requirement for Federal 
payments to government contractors. This week, however, the House plans 
to eliminate this requirement, representing House Republicans' 
continuing commitment to remove barriers to job creation and eliminate 
excessive burdens on small businesses. These Main Street businesses are 
the backbones of our economy and American job creation.
  As a former job creator, I know firsthand about the negative impacts 
of burdensome taxes and overreaching regulations. Although this 
withholding requirement is not scheduled to go into effect for another 
15 months, it is already causing uncertainty for small businesses' 
operations and hiring plans.
  For these reasons, Congress must act now. Permanently repealing this 
unreasonable withholding provision is another real world Main Street 
solution to provide more certainty for small businesses to grow and to 
create jobs again. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to 
support H.R. 674.

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