[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 71]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        STREAMLINING GOVERNMENT

  (Ms. HOCHUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HOCHUL. Mr. Speaker, over the last few weeks, I have traveled 
constantly throughout my 26th District of New York, meeting business 
owners and talking to them about the challenges that they are facing in 
this particular economic climate. Right now, they are frustrated with 
the various levels of government they have to go through to get an 
answer out of their Federal Government. It has become so burdensome 
that there are actually 80 different economic development agencies, 
four different departments, and in fact, there are 47 different job 
training programs. These businesses have enough on their minds and have 
enough challenges before them without having to solve this problem.
  Fortunately, the President has come up with a plan. Last week, 
President Obama proposed consolidating six various entities into one, a 
one-stop shop for businesses, for trade so that they can get their 
questions answered without having complications. This is something I 
support, my local Chambers of Commerce support, and that's why I'm 
calling on this body: Let's take up this plan. Let's give the people in 
my district--a Republican district, I might add--what they're looking 
for. Streamline our government, reduce the cost of government, save 
taxpayer dollars, a one-stop shop for our businesses; and once and for 
all, let's demonstrate to the American people that we have the 
capability to work together.

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