[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16653]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CALLING ON THE SENATE TO PASS JOBS BILLS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Herger) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, this House has sent numerous jobs bills to 
the Senate in an effort to get our Nation back to work.
  I want to call particular attention to the 3 percent withholding 
repeal legislation I authored, which passed the House with overwhelming 
bipartisan support just last week. This legislation will help many 
small businesses create more jobs, and the Senate should act on it 
without further delay. The House-passed bill would eliminate a burden 
on job creators by repealing a tax that requires government agencies to 
withhold 3 percent of all payments for goods and services.
  As someone who comes from a small business background, I can attest 
that although this provision does not take effect until the end of next 
year, it hurts job creation now because businesses look several years 
ahead when they are deciding how to invest. It is not surprising that 
over 150 businesses, health care, education, and local government 
groups support passage of this legislation. In addition, over 400 
Members of the House of Representatives have voted for it, and 
President Obama has endorsed it, as well as Representative Black's 
associated cost-saving measure.
  Instead of waiting for more stimulus bills that face bipartisan 
opposition, the Senate should work with the House to pass jobs bills 
like this one that is supported by both parties.

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  There are already 15 jobs bills passed by the House that are being 
delayed unnecessarily, and 3 percent withholding repeal joins those 
forgotten 15 in waiting in our U.S. Senate and by our Senate 
colleagues. The House version of this repeal continues to have strong 
bipartisan support.
  The Senate has heard from job creators just as we have about the need 
for this legislation, and they should work with us in passing 
commonsense jobs bills, starting with the repeal of the 3 percent 
withholding tax.

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