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Creating Jobs, Not Destroying Them

Floor Speech

Date: July 21, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Business and Consumers Taxes Government Budget and Spending

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Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, our economy is in the midst of a historic recession, and millions of Americans have lost their jobs over the past several months despite promises from Speaker Pelosi and President Obama that their extravagant spending would create jobs.

But Americans are a hardworking and resilient people. So I was excited when I heard from a laid off entrepreneurial constituent of mine from Allegheny County, North Carolina, who's working on starting his own business.

He plans to hire around 20 people over the next 2 years.

However, he recently wrote to tell me that if the Democrats' health care bill becomes law, the new taxes and burdensome rules will take a devastating bite out of his ability to grow jobs. In fact, he said he would hire only half the workers if this legislation becomes law.

Mr. Speaker, this is a travesty. This Congress should be implementing policies that create jobs, instead of burdening entrepreneurs with job-killing taxes and new government mandates and red tape.

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