[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16651-16652]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THE HOUSE-PASSED JOBS AGENDA

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Woodall) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the time this morning. I came 
down to talk about jobs too, and I brought with me a card that folks 
may have seen--I know you've seen it, Mr. Speaker--that goes through 
the House-passed jobs agenda. I try to keep it here in my pocket so 
I'll be accurate when we talk about all of the good work that is 
happening in the people's House to promote jobs and promote the 
economy.
  Because the truth is, Mr. Speaker, as you know, we only have two 
pockets we can dig into. We can dig into the pocket where we talk about 
government regulations that we are repealing to help job creators, we 
can dig into the pocket where we talk about government mandates that 
we're repealing to take the foot of government off the throat of small 
businesses, or we can dig into the other pocket. And the other pocket 
is where America's checkbook is. Because it's not my checkbook, as your 
Congressman. As you know, Mr. Speaker, when I dig into the pocket for 
the checkbook, I'm digging into your pocket. Every penny that we spend 
comes out of your pocket.
  So we have two choices as we talk about jobs and the economy. Are we 
going to dig into the pocket of the American taxpayers' checkbook? Or 
are we going to get the regulatory burden off of America's small 
businesses? For me, the choice is easy. But the choice hasn't always 
been easy in this House. Time and time again, this House goes to the 
American people's checkbook to find solutions for America's problems. 
And I will tell you that there's no problem in America that taking 
money out of somebody else's pocket is going to fix.
  The challenges in America are going to come when we get government 
out of the way. I represent, Mr. Speaker, as you know, a wonderful 
district in Georgia. I go back home and I talk about

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what's going on in the United States House. I ask folks what they want 
to happen on the United States House of Representatives floor, and they 
say, Rob, stop helping. Stop. Just get out of the way. Stop helping. 
You don't have the answers, just get out of the way.
  If folks go, as you have gone, Mr. Speaker, to jobs.gop.gov, they see 
this House's effort to get government out of the way. And we've been 
successful. We were successful in passing the repeal of the President's 
health care bill's 1099 provision that burdens small businesses, and 
the President signed that bill. We've been successful in passing three 
free trade agreements, and the President has signed. As we know, we 
have manufacturing surpluses with every nation with which we have a 
free trade agreement.
  But the work still has to be done, Mr. Speaker. There are jobs bills 
languishing in the Senate. We call them the ``forgotten 15''--15 bills 
that the Senate could pass tomorrow to get government out of the way 
and get Americans back to work.
  Two pockets we have, Mr. Speaker, the American taxpayers' pocket and 
the pocket that contains the job-killing regulations that we can repeal 
today. Let's choose correctly, Mr. Speaker--let's get jobs.gop.gov, 
let's get this agenda done.

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