[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              THE JOBS ACT

  (Mrs. CAPITO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, today we're considering a bipartisan 
legislative package called the JOBS Act, Jumpstart Our Business 
Startups. This is what our constituents want us to do, and they want to 
see us get it done.
  The JOBS Act is a legislative package designed to move our economy 
and restore opportunities for America's primary job creators, our small 
businesses, start-ups, and entrepreneurs. These measures create capital 
formation, will spur the growth of start-ups and small businesses, and 
pave the way for more small-scale businesses to go public and create 
more jobs.
  As I said, this has broad bipartisan support. Of the six bills, only 
32 Members voted ``no'' on all six of these bills as they moved through 
the House and the committee.
  In his State of the Union, the President asked us to send him a bill 
that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs, and that's exactly what 
the JOBS Act does. We're presented with an opportunity to act in a 
truly bipartisan fashion that will promote job growth across our 
Nation. So we should join together, I believe, as Republicans and 
Democrats, House and Senate, to give the President the piece of 
legislation so he can sign it into law.

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