[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13632]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           COMPETING FOR JOBS

  (Mr. RICE of South Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICE of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, counties and States around 
this country compete every day for jobs. How they do it is not 
complicated. They adjust their tax and their regulatory burdens to 
attract businesses, and those that do the best job attract the most 
jobs. The problem is that they are competing for a declining pool of 
jobs in America because Washington is not competitive. We need to adopt 
that competitive attitude right here.
  In times of war, we forget partisanship and pull together. In truth, 
we are in an economic war. Countries around the world have teams of 
people that work every day to beat us economically. The House has 
passed 39 jobs bills in this Congress which are gathering dust in the 
Senate. Surely Harry Reid and the President can find one among these 39 
bills they can work with to make our country more competitive and put 
our people back to work.

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