[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18424-18425]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TIME FOR THE SENATE TO ACT

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Madam Speaker, recently a constituent of mine wrote to 
me and asked: What is going on in Washington?
  It's a good question.
  She said that her husband, a small business owner, is taxed so hard 
that money is tight and, as a result, they cannot grow their business. 
And she said: If we cannot grow, we cannot create new jobs. I want to 
know what you are doing for job growth?
  Again, a good question.
  The answer is simple. We need pro-growth, pro-jobs policies. The 
House has passed more than 20 bills that do just that through low 
taxes, reasonable regulation, less spending, and a smaller, less 
intrusive Federal Government. These are commonsense bills. Most of them 
passed with bipartisan support. Where are these bills now? Languishing 
in the do-nothing Senate.

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  To my constituent, to many others who share her concern, my simple 
response is: We in the House have acted; now it's time for the Senate 
to do the same.

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