[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 100-101]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        CREATING JOBS IN AMERICA

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, there are three things we need to do to 
create jobs in America:
  Number one, we need to roll back job-killing regulations. You don't 
have to work for worker safety at the expense of the job. There is a 
balance. Government agencies need to work with the entrepreneur and the 
employer and the job creator, not against him or her. We can find a 
balance.
  Number two, you need to drill your own oil. For us to suggest and 
believe that the people in the Middle East are more environmentally 
friendly or more sensitive than we are is ridiculous. We have got to 
get our head out of the Middle East sand and our drills and bring it 
back home to America. If gas fell $1 a gallon, it would be a huge 
economic boom to our country.
  And, number three, we need tax simplification. Ask any audience, 
``How many of you fill out your own tax return?'' and then ask, ``How 
many of you pay to fill out your own taxes?'' and inevitably you'll 
find an 80/20 split. It is ridiculous when 80 percent of the people in 
America have to pay an accountant or a lawyer to fill out their taxes. 
We need tax simplification.

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