[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5560]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      LET'S HELP SMALL BUSINESSES

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, today I have introduced two 
bills to help small businesses. We all like to talk about how small 
businesses are the engine of our economy, and that's because that is 
true. That's why I have introduced the Help Entrepreneurs Create 
American Jobs Act, which is a bipartisan bill, to double the deduction 
for startup expenses to encourage entrepreneurs to start a business and 
create jobs.
  I'll also introduce the Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act 
to ensure that only small businesses, actual small businesses, receive 
Federal small business contracts.
  Mr. Speaker, these bills are the least that we can do to give our 
economy a shot in the arm.

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