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Weekly Republican Address
Boehner
on Cutting Spending and Tackling Job Creation
WASHINGTON, DC – Delivering the Weekly Republican Address, House
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) discusses the new House majority’s efforts
to cut spending and tackle the big challenges facing job creation in
America.
In
the address, Boehner, a former small business owner, talks about how
the spending binge in Washington is creating uncertainty for
private-sector job creators and holding our economy back. He
reiterates Republicans’ commitment to fighting for the largest spending
cuts possible, and says it’s important to resolve last year’s budget
mess so we can tackle the bigger challenges facing job creation.
Those challenges include the job-crushing $1.5 trillion tax hike in
President Obama’s budget for next year, and his request for an increase
in the national debt limit without a commitment to ending runaway
spending. Following is the full text of the address. Audio
of the address is available here. Video will be available here
for viewing and here for downloading once the embargo is lifted
tomorrow at 6:00 a.m.
“Hello, I’m John Boehner. Before I had the honor of representing
the people of Ohio’s 8th Congressional District, I ran a small business
back in West Chester, Ohio. Small businesses are the engine of
job creation in America: they actually create jobs, the government
doesn’t. That’s why I ran for Congress – to do my part to get
government out of the way of American prosperity. Despite some
recent signs of life, our economy still isn’t creating enough
jobs. And one of the reasons for that is the spending binge
that’s been going on here in Washington.
“Washington’s inability to get spending under control is creating
uncertainty for our job creators. It’s discouraging investment in
small businesses, and eroding confidence in our economy. To put
it simply, the spending binge in Washington is holding our country back
and keeping our economy from creating jobs.
“Last year, when the President tried to put forward another
big-spending budget on top of his ‘stimulus,’ Americans rose up and
demanded we stop the spending binge and start working together to
create a better environment for job creation. They put a new
majority in charge of the House with clear orders: crash the spending
party in Washington so our economy can get back to creating jobs.
“We’ve made some early progress. This year, the federal
government will spend at least $51 billion less than it would have if
the president had gotten his way. And because we’ve kept the
pressure on, Democrats in the White House and the Senate are being
forced to talk about a bill that would cut tens of billions more.
Over the next decade, the savings will be hundreds of billions of
dollars. This is nowhere near enough, but it’s a clear change in
direction.
“Now, you’ve heard Democratic leaders claim an agreement has been
reached on this issue, but let me be clear. There is no
agreement. Republicans continue to fight for the largest spending
cuts possible to help end Washington’s job-crushing spending binge.
“To
support job creation in America, we need to keep the cuts coming, and
we need to do much, much more. That’s why it’s important for
Congress to get moving and pass a final bill that resolves last year’s
budget mess while making real spending cuts – so we can tackle the
bigger challenges facing job creation.
“One
of those challenges is stopping the $1.5 trillion tax hike the
president has called for in his budget for next year. This tax
hike will affect every family and small business in America, and it
will destroy jobs. The president has also asked Congress to
increase the national debt limit – without any commitment to stopping
the runaway spending that got us into this mess in the first
place. If the president gets his wish, it would send the
signal that America has no plan to deal with her spending illness – and
that’s going to have the effect, again, of destroying more American
jobs.
“We
also need to address all the red tape and regulations that are making
it harder to create jobs and driving up the cost of health care and
energy.
“To
put America on a path to prosperity, we need to remove regulatory
obstacles to job growth, expand American energy production, end the
threat of tax hikes, approve stalled trade agreements that would open
new markets, and get government spending under control once and for
all. These are the pillars of the Republican plan to help get our
economy back to creating jobs, and this is the focus of our new
majority in the House.
“Thanks for listening, and have a great weekend.”
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