[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12183]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WHY FOCUS ON RED TAPE?

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Madam Speaker, on Monday I hosted a jobs fair in the 
western suburbs of Chicago with several of my colleagues. Over 1,500 
jobseekers showed up.
  I've visited with more than 100 northern Illinois business owners 
since I entered Congress. In each factory tour and office visit I ask: 
What would it take for you to create one more job, just to hire one 
more person? The answer is always the same: Cut red tape.
  The reality is 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs come from small 
businesses. Red tape throws an unfair burden on small businesses and 
paralyzes job creators. It has led to the least number of business 
start-ups in decades.
  There's a reason we focus so much on rolling back red tape here in 
the House. It's jobs.

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