[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15308]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     WE CAN AVOID THE FISCAL CLIFF

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, the American people are breathing a cautious 
sigh of relief now that the long election season is finally over. The 
House and Senate are both in session, and the American people are 
watching. We have much work to do and not much time to do it.
  With unemployment hovering near 8 percent, our economy is still 
struggling. To get America back on track, we must work together, 
Democrats and Republicans, to find solutions to our economic 
challenges.
  We all know it's not until small businesses begin growing and 
creating jobs that our economy will recover. The key to our future lies 
in new start-ups, innovators, and entrepreneurs.
  Working together in a bipartisan way, we can avoid the fiscal cliff, 
provide certainty to these small businesses, remove barriers to 
success, and help renew the prosperity of the American people.
  Last week our constituents spoke, and the mandate they gave us was a 
mandate to work together. We must listen to them and work with open 
ears and open minds to arrive at bipartisan solutions to the very 
serious issues facing our country.

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