[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11775]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               THANKING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN AMERICA

  (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, I rise today to say thank you to all those 
small business owners across America who have used their ingenuity, 
hard work, and tireless effort at great financial risk to build a 
business from the ground up.
  Americans know that jobs aren't created by bureaucrats in Washington, 
D.C. We know that our country's greatest innovators succeed in our 
American free enterprise system because they pour their hearts and 
souls into their dreams, overcoming each obstacle placed in their way.
  In our current economy, Congress should be doing everything it can to 
minimize the burdens on these entrepreneurs; yet, day by day, new 
regulations, mandates, and taxes pile up and make it that much harder 
for these innovators to succeed and harder for them to create good jobs 
and grow the economy.
  Mr. Speaker, this morning, as thousands of small business owners rise 
at the crack of dawn once again to build on the American Dream, we say 
thank you. It's their hard work and determination, and it's the 
tireless effort of every working American that has built the most 
prosperous Nation the world has ever seen.

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