[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11160-11161]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          REVIVING THE ECONOMY

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YODER. Madam Speaker, we all know that the Federal Government is 
spending too much money, that our national debt is too large and that 
we must make serious reductions to get our budget under control.
  As our Nation's leaders continue today to debate the national debt, 
some in the Washington establishment are calling for greater Federal 
revenue by asking more Americans to sacrifice by sending more of their 
hard-earned money to the Federal Government in the name of higher 
taxes. Yet we all know that greater taxes on small business owners and 
families will not help the economy grow and will not put Americans back 
to work.
  Tax, borrow, and spend policies do not create jobs. We cannot tax our 
way out of this debt. At a time when we continue to see record 
unemployment, taking more money from our job creators to pay for 
Washington's spending disease cannot be an option.
  What we need, Madam Speaker, is a growing economy to bring in new 
revenue. By pursuing policies that reduce

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spending, keep taxes low and reduce regulatory burdens, we can help 
revive the economy and stabilize our Federal budgets.

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