[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12739]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           REGULATORY REFORM

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. The President's policies have failed and are making the 
economy worse.
  Since President Obama took office, we've seen a 52 percent increase 
in completed regulations deemed ``economically significant,'' which 
means they cost the economy at least $100 million a year. We can't 
create a fair system for job creators when the government keeps 
changing the rules. We can't help the job seeker by punishing the job 
creator with more government red tape.
  How can someone who believes that small business owners didn't even 
build their own businesses understand the effects of red tape? He 
can't.
  That is why House Republicans passed the Red Tape Reduction and Small 
Business Job Creation Act--a combination of pro-growth bills aimed at 
cutting red tape to make it easier for small businesses to create more 
jobs. In order to grow more jobs for the American people, we need to 
shrink the amount of red tape coming from Washington.

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