Congressional Record, House, November 2, 2021 — Message on Terminating AGOA Designations
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Congressional Record, House, November 2, 2021 (beginning at page H6104). A message from the President, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., gives advance notification of intent to terminate the designation of Ethiopia, Guinea, and Mali as beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under the African Growth and Opportunity Act as of January 1, 2022, citing noncompliance with eligibility requirements. The message is referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. The page also includes remarks recognizing the 37th anniversary of the November 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India and the start of a Special Order by Luetkemeyer, designee of the minority leader, on small business.
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H6104 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 2, 2021
TERMINATING DESIGNATION OF Kathy has led the Accounting Aid Soci- Historically, land has been held in
THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC RE- ety in fulfilling its mission to help put trust for Tribes by the Federal Govern-
PUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA, THE RE- the residents of southeast Michigan on ment, as is the case for the Seminole
PUBLIC OF GUINEA, AND THE the pathway to financial stability. Tribe of Florida. In modern times, this
REPUBLIC OF MALI AS BENE- Her leadership has been a catalyst for has become a cumbersome process.
FICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN massive growth of Accounting Aid So- The bill itself was necessary to allow
COUNTRIES UNDER THE AGOA— ciety’s free income tax assistance pro- the Seminole Tribe to engage in cer-
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT gram, which puts hard-earned dollars tain land transactions that were inter-
OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. back into the pockets of many of our preted as necessary by a congressional
NO. 117–70) vulnerable families. bill, by the Indian Non-Intercourse
Under Kathy’s leadership, Account- Act, so this would allow them to fi-
The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- ing Aid Society has expanded its pro-
fore the House the following message nally engage in those land trans-
gramming to include Accounting Aid actions.
from the President of the United Academy, which provides basic small
States; which was read and referred to It is critical for the Seminoles and
business guidance and financial coach- other Tribes to be able to conduct their
the Committee on Ways and Means and ing.
ordered to be printed: affairs without having to go to Con-
In short, Kathy has been an out- gress every time. Comprehensive re-
To the Congress of the United States: standing community leader, culti- form is needed in the future, and we ap-
In accordance with section vating Accounting Aid Society into a preciate the support in the House
506A(a)(3)(B) of the Trade Act of 1974, trusted community partner. today to send this very good bill to
as amended (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(3)(B)), I Madam Speaker, please join me in President Biden.
am providing advance notification of recognizing Kathy’s outstanding con-
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my intent to terminate the designation tributions to the communities of
of the Federal Democratic Republic of Michigan’s 13th Congressional District LOCAL BUSINESS TAXES, REGULA-
Ethiopia (Ethiopia), the Republic of as we wish her well in her retirement. TIONS, AND REDUCED WORK-
Guinea (Guinea), and the Republic of f FORCE
Mali (Mali) as beneficiary sub-Saharan SIKH 1984 VIOLENCE 37TH The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
African countries under the African ANNIVERSARY the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan-
Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). uary 4, 2021, the gentleman from Mis-
I am taking this step as Ethiopia, (Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- souri (Mr. LUETKEMEYER) is recognized
Guinea, and Mali are not in compliance sylvania asked and was given permis- for 60 minutes as the designee of the
with the eligibility requirements of sion to address the House for 1 minute minority leader.
section 104 of the AGOA—in Ethiopia, and to revise and extend his remarks.)
GENERAL LEAVE
for gross violations of internationally Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania. Madam Speaker, I rise to recog- Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speak-
recognized human rights; in Guinea, er, I ask unanimous consent that all
for not having established, or not mak- nize the November 1984 anti-Sikh riots
in India, also commonly referred to as Members have 5 legislative days to re-
ing continual progress toward estab- vise and extend their remarks and in-
lishing, the protection of the rule of the ‘‘Sikh Massacre.’’
Sikhism, which originated in Punjab, clude any extraneous material on the
law and of political pluralism; and in subject of this Special Order.
India, saw its followers first begin im-
Mali, for not having established, or not The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
migrating to our shores nearly 130
making continual progress toward es- objection to the request of the gen-
years ago. The Sikh community is one
tablishing, the protection of the rule of tleman from Missouri?
of the largest in the world, with rough-
law, political pluralism, and inter- There was no objection.
ly 30 million followers globally and
nationally recognized worker rights, Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speak-
more than half a million here in the
and for not addressing gross violations er, I come to the floor this evening
United States.
of internationally recognized human The massacre against the Sikhs with a number of my Republican col-
rights. began in the capital territory of Delhi leagues to speak about the small busi-
Despite intensive engagement be- ness economy.
and a number of other major Indian
tween the United States and the Gov- Small business owners have been dev-
cities on November 1, 1984, following
ernments of Ethiopia, Guinea, and astated by the COVID–19 pandemic as
the assassination of Indian Prime Min-
Mali, these governments have failed to they are still reeling from the Demo-
ister Indira Gandhi. The first Sikh life
address United States concerns about crat-induced State and local shutdowns
was tragically taken early that morn-
their noncompliance with the AGOA and economic downturn. At a time
ing in East Delhi.
eligibility criteria. The violence, which lasted 3 days, re- when Main Street USA has been fo-
Accordingly, I intend to terminate sulted in thousands upon thousands of cused on recovering from the health
the designation of Ethiopia, Guinea, casualties among the Sikh community. and economic effects of the pandemic,
and Mali as beneficiary sub-Saharan In the aftermath of the massacre, it they are facing multiple challenges
African countries under the AGOA as was reported that nearly 20,000 were created by the Biden administration
of January 1, 2022. I will continue to as- forced to flee the city, leading to and congressional Democrats.
sess whether the Governments of Ethi- countless displaced people. Given our country’s unprecedented
opia, Guinea, and Mali are making con- Madam Speaker, remembering the labor shortage, skyrocketing inflation,
tinual progress toward meeting the Sikh Massacre is a pivotal and historic and supply chain crisis, small busi-
AGOA eligibility requirements. step in the fight for justice and ac- nesses, entrepreneurs, and startups
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, Jr. countability for the families of all alike are forced to bear the brunt of
THE WHITE HOUSE, November 2, 2021. the Democrats’ failed economic poli-
those victims.
f cies. In the midst of this economic
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b 1745 storm, small businesses should be given
SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA the tools to recover, but now they are
RECOGNIZING KATHY ARO (Mr. SOTO asked and was given per- also being threatened with major tax
(Ms. TLAIB asked and was given per- mission to address the House for 1 increases and more burdensome regula-
mission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- tions.
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minute and to revise and extend her re- marks.) Since President Biden took office, we
marks.) Mr. SOTO. Madam Speaker, today have seen multiple Democratic pro-
Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise the House just passed the Senate sub- posals that include increasing taxes on
today to recognize Kathy Aro for her 17 stitute for our bill, the bipartisan H.R. small businesses. Make no mistake:
years of service to the families of 164, and it now heads to President Tax hikes, no matter their form and
southeastern Michigan through her Biden’s desk. It helps right an injus- fashion, will negatively impact Main
work at the Accounting Aid Society. tice. Street USA.
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November 2, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6105
A survey by the Small Business and some red tape for small firms. How- regulations, extend supply chain short-
Entrepreneurship Council found a ma- ever, we are already seeing an increas- ages, and keep workers on the bleacher
jority of small business owners believe ing regulatory trend with the Biden ad- seats with continued government hand-
new taxes will significantly hurt their ministration, which will hinder small outs.
ability to recover from the pandemic. businesses while they are already The government should not be paying
Simply put, this is unacceptable. down. people to sit on the couch or imposing
While the Democrats’ socialist scam We know that regulatory burdens de- tax hikes and regulations that will
reconciliation bill continues to change flate small businesses, yet this admin- damage small businesses that are al-
week after week, many of these pro- istration continues to plow forward ready struggling with record job open-
posals would slash the 20 percent small with new restrictions and mandates. ings because of government giveaways.
business deduction enacted by Presi- From the latest climate rules to the As a small business owner, as I said,
dent Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of overreaching vaccine mandate, small for over 50 years, I understand first-
2017. According to IRS data, millions of business owners should be given the op- hand the negative impacts of increased
small business owners claimed the 20 portunity to recover from the pan- taxes and how excessive regulations
percent deduction on qualified business demic and service their customers, not can hinder growth and kill startup op-
income during the 2020 tax filing sea- deal with even more bureaucratic red portunities.
son. This provision created more than tape from the Democrats. I have seen firsthand how the supply
$66 billion in savings for small business Beyond these economic headwinds, chain crisis is halting U.S. production.
owners in 2019. The Democrats want to American taxpayer dollars have been I see it in my business today, in the
do away with this. wasted and abused by Federal Govern- auto business, which the Biden admin-
Other reckless proposals will have ment agencies throughout the pan- istration refuses to acknowledge or let
nearly doubled the long-term capital demic. According to the Small Busi- alone address.
gains rate from 23.8 percent to the top ness Administration’s inspector gen- Small businesses are hurting. Main
ordinary capital gains rate of 39.6 per- eral, $78 billion in Economic Injury Street America is still struggling to re-
cent. According to U.S. Census Bureau Disaster Loans have been fraudulent. cover, and it is hurting. Banks are try-
data, two-thirds of small business own- This program is a direct loan and ing to provide increased access to cap-
ers plan to sell their business, and grant program, as small businesses ital, but they are being forced to hire
eliminating the current long-term rate apply directly with the SBA for fund- more compliance officers than loan of-
would have enormous implications for ing. Instead of developing serious over- ficers.
any sale of a small business. sight controls, congressional Demo- Burdensome, overreaching govern-
Knowing this information, I must crats want to expand the Federal Gov- ment policies have real impacts on
ask: Why would the Democrats propose ernment’s ability to make additional small business owners and the commu-
such drastic tax rate increases know- direct loans through the SBA. This is nities who depend on them. We do not
ing they will crush American busi- dangerous and puts taxpayer dollars at need the Federal Government to tell
nesses? extreme risk. These proposals are irre- entrepreneurs—people who take risks—
As the days evolve, we will see what sponsibly opening the door for en- how to operate their businesses. Rath-
the Democrats will concoct next to pay hanced fraud. er, it should foster a properly regulated
for their outrageous spending, but Re- My Republican colleagues and I will economy that creates opportunity for
publicans refuse to stand by and allow continue to fight for lower taxes and all.
them to pay for it at the expense of deregulation on behalf of small busi- Main Street America is the backbone
small business prosperity. We will con- nesses across the Nation while also to our economy, and small businesses
tinue to monitor very closely. safeguarding taxpayer dollars every employ more Americans than any
At a time when small businesses are step of the way. We must legislate re- other sector there is. Hundreds of small
trying to get back on their feet, they sponsibly, and we will. Americans must businesses in my district in Texas and
are also absorbing the impact of other get back to work, and that can only across the country will experience the
damage. As ‘‘Help Wanted’’ signs be- happen when Democrats cease their negative effects of President Biden’s
come a common sight on the doors of war on Main Street. and Speaker PELOSI’s socialist poli-
small businesses across the country Congressional Republicans refuse to cies—yes, I said socialist policies—as
and store shelves become increasingly stand by and allow the Democrats to they chart a course to destroy Main
bare, it remains clear that the Biden force through this socialist scam rec- Street, increase taxes, and make the
administration’s labor crisis is a key onciliation bill at the expense of small people more reliant on the government.
contributing factor to the rising costs business prosperity. Madam Speaker, I will continue to
of goods and empty shelves. I appreciate that a number of my Re- oppose any efforts to raise taxes or ef-
For months, the Biden administra- publican colleagues are here today to forts to make it harder for businesses
tion has paid Americans to stay home add to this conversation. to compete. I encourage Democrats to
through extended Federal benefits in- Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- end their relentless campaign to make
stead of incentivizing these individuals tleman from Texas (Mr. WILLIAMS), America more like China and Russia. It
to return to work. Our country’s labor who is the vice ranking member of the just doesn’t work. But competing with
shortages have hindered the ability to Small Business Committee. less government regulation does. The
get cargo to shore, unpack these much- Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas. Madam bottom line is: Risk and reward equal
needed goods, and find truck drivers to Speaker, I thank the gentleman from the American Dream.
transport the products throughout the Missouri for yielding to me. In God We Trust.
Nation. U.S. employers across all in- Madam Speaker, I rise today as a Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speak-
dustries are struggling to fill more small business owner for 51 years. I er, I thank the gentleman from Texas
than 10.4 million job openings to meet still have a business; I still employ for his insights. Being a businessman
the rising consumer demand. hundreds of people; and I want to be a himself, he understands full well the
Madam Speaker, in October, NFIB re- voice for my constituents in Texas-25 problems that they have, the concerns
ported that 51 percent of small business and to call attention to the dangerous about the bill being proposed, and the
owners have unfilled job openings, a 48- socialist policies—yes, I said socialist— impact of all the decisions that this ad-
year high for the third consecutive that Democrats are, once again, trying ministration has made so far.
month. Sadly, the historical average is to jam through the people’s House. The key to economic success is eco-
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only 22 percent. President Biden inherited a strong nomic freedom. That is a keyword, and
As small business owners are bearing economy from President Trump— you are going to hear a theme of that
the burden of these extreme challenges frankly, as good as I have ever seen in this evening, Madam Speaker.
due to the Democrats’ failed economic 50 years of being in business. But in
policies, they are also facing regu- less than a year, President Biden and b 1800
latory uncertainty. During the pre- Democrats want to crush small busi- Next, I would like to introduce the
vious administration, we cut burden- nesses with higher taxes and increased gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. BARR),
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the ranking member of the Financial debt. But one interest group that will on small businesses and consumers, he
Services Subcommittee on National be happy with this Big Government so- gave a very, very thoughtful expla-
Security, International Development cialist bill, if it passes, are the unions nation of it, and we appreciate his in-
and Monetary Policy. I look forward to that fund the Democratic Party. sights and concerns.
his commentary and his insights. He is Tucked inside of this bill is a pro- There are lots of problems with the
instrumental in a lot of the different posal to provide a $4,500 additional in- bill, and I appreciate Mr. BARR’s com-
things we do there, as well the former centive exclusively for union-built ments.
chairman of the Oversight Committee, electric vehicles. This provision runs Next, we have the gentleman from
if I am not mistaken. counter to the Democrats’ purported Louisiana, (Mr. JOHNSON). Mike is
Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- goal of reducing carbon emissions and going to be with us here. He is vice-
tleman from Kentucky (Mr. BARR). getting more electric vehicles on the chairman of the Republican Con-
Mr. BARR. Madam Speaker, I thank road. That is because nearly half of all ference. He is going to continue to ex-
my good friend from Missouri, a real U.S. automotive production comes plain some of the problems and pitfalls
leader on the Financial Services Com- from automakers with workforces who with this tax proposal that is an un-
mittee, and also our ranking Repub- have chosen to not unionize. In fact, of wieldy and, frankly, harmful bill to our
lican and leader on the Small Business the 60 automakers in the United States people, our consumers, and especially
Committee and tireless champion for who build electric vehicles, only 2 are the small businesses in this country.
America’s small businesses. That is unionized. So Democrats are effec- Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-
where all of the jobs are created in this tively pitting American autoworkers tleman from Louisiana (Mr. JOHNSON).
country. at union plants against the auto- Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Madam
For the life of me, Madam Speaker, workers who work in my congressional Speaker, I thank my friend, Ranking
on the heels of horrible third-quarter district at the Toyota manufacturing Member LUETKEMEYER, and all of our
GDP numbers, I don’t know why the plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, the Republican colleagues on the Small
Biden administration wants to put new largest Toyota manufacturing plant in Business Committee for leading this
taxes on small businesses. The GDP the world. But small businesses are im- very important discussion this evening.
numbers for the third quarter were far pacted because small businesses that And this is very important.
short of what economists predicted are not unionized are part of the supply Madam Speaker, the Democrats’ rad-
and, yet President Biden’s plan to so- chain. ical multitrillion-dollar agenda is bad
called Build Back Better is actually a So let me be clear: There is no envi- for America. It just is, and we can all
$400 billion tax hike on job-creating ronmental benefit or additional carbon see it. The voters can see that, too. In
small businesses. reduction achieved by favoring union- fact, while we are here right now, there
The bulk of this comes from an ex- made vehicles over nonunion-made ve- are still voters lining up just down the
pansion of the 3.8 percent net invest- hicles. While Democrats lecture about road in Virginia. They cannot wait to
ment income tax that is now going to the need to provide alternatives to the vote for their next Governor. It is a
hit active income for these pass- combustion engine, to gas-powered ve- race that is currently classified as a
through businessowners. Democrats hicles, the irony here is that this bill toss-up but it appears to be going very,
want to expand this to investment in- greatly restricts the ability for tax very well for the Republican candidate.
come of individuals actively involved credits to actually reach consumers. The reason this is so noteworthy, the
in LLCs, S corporations, and partner- This is because Democrats are limiting reason everybody in the country is
ships, those small mom-and-pop Main the tax credit to union-built, U.S.-as- watching this, the reason that every-
Street businesses that really create sembled vehicles and applying these one is so excited that it is a toss-up
jobs in our country. proposed limitations to the current EV election is because this is in a State
Additionally, the Democrats are also market. Estimates indicate that only 2 that President Biden won by 10 points
pushing an $800 billion tax hike on of over 50 electric vehicles would qual- just several months ago. And there are
American businesses that will be a gift ify for the full tax credit. simply no conclusions to draw other
to China, Russia, Japan, and Europe, This is not building back better. This than that the Democrats are leading
making it better to be a foreign com- is a payoff to political supporters. our country down the wrong path. That
pany than an American one. These Nearly half of all U.S. automotive pro- is what the polling says and even the
crippling tax hikes will kill American duction comes from automakers with mainstream media outlets have had to
jobs, drive economic activity overseas, workforces that have chosen to not report on that in the last few days.
and destroy small businesses as they unionize. Why are we punishing these It is the content of this tax-and-
struggle to recover from the pandemic. manufacturers of electric vehicles? Be- spend agenda, and not just the cost,
As if this wasn’t bad enough, Demo- cause it is not about the environment. that is especially dangerous for Amer-
crats want to arm the Internal Rev- It is not about promoting electric vehi- ican families and our economy overall.
enue Service with $80 billion in addi- cles. It is about a political payoff to You just have to think about the harm-
tional funds to target American small union supporters of these campaigns. ful effects the Democrat bill is going to
businesses and families. So not only This provision is nothing more than have on our local businesses, many of
will small businesses in Kentucky have that; a payoff to the union bosses who whom, by the way, we all know are al-
their taxes go up, but they should pre- control Democrat politicians in Con- ready operating on shorter hours due
pare for an avalanche of new audits gress and the Democrat in the White to the current labor shortage. But spe-
coming their way courtesy of this Big House. cifically, the legislation that is being
Government socialist bill. We should be for small businesses. debated and pushed through even this
On top of that, this legislation will And if we are for the environment, we week is that the Democrats want to in-
only add fuel to the fire of the burning shouldn’t discriminate against non- crease OSHA penalties, increase pen-
inflation crisis. This year the Con- union automakers and the small busi- alties on small businesses. That is a
sumer Price Index is up 5.4 percent, the nesses that support nonunion manufac- tax. They want to reduce the pass-
highest in 13 years, but the Personal turers like Toyota in Kentucky’s Sixth through deduction. That is a tax. They
Consumption Expenditure Index, less Congressional District. want to increase the regulatory burden
food and energy costs, is up 3.6 percent, I thank my friend from Missouri for on small business owners at the worst
well above the Fed’s 2 percent target his leadership in opposing this massive possible time. You know what this
and the highest in over 30 years. tax increase on small businesses and amounts to? A tax. They want to make
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Madam Speaker, the longer this in- for helping me highlight the hypocrisy the child tax credit pay the same
flation surge drags on, the risk of infla- of the supporters of this bill. whether you are working or not, which
tion becoming embedded in our econ- Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speak- what will that do? Logically, it will ex-
omy grows more and more. This multi- er, I thank the gentleman from Ken- acerbate the current labor shortage.
trillion-dollar Big Government social- tucky. As you can see and hear from So let me repeat. The Democrat bill,
ist tax-borrow-and-spend bill will bury him, his very insightful explanation of in spite of what they are saying, will
American entrepreneurs in taxes and the bill and its provisions, its effects definitely increase taxes while prices
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are soaring. It will increase workplace Then we said: Well, well, wait a the table before we got out of that par-
penalties while companies are trying minute. What if somebody is a con- ticular hearing because we certainly
their best to get back to work, and it victed is sex offender, somebody com- would have liked to have heard about
will encourage people not to work ing from another country and they are that. But if you add that up, you are
while the job market struggles, and our a convicted sex offender? Surely, you talking about perhaps $1 million per
supply chain is slowed down due to a would not want to include them in family, and $1 billion in cost overall,
lack of workers in these critical posi- your amnesty plan. Every single Demo- more costs to the American taxpayer.
tions. crat voted ‘‘no’’ on that amendment. And by the way, that little payment
There are nearly 32 million small So I brought an amendment. I said: that the illegal migrants would be
businesses in the United States. About What if someone is a convicted crimi- given by the American taxpayer is
350,000 of those are in my home State nal, and they are convicted of DUI, more than we give to Gold Star fami-
of Louisiana. They are our main em- driving under the influence of alcohol lies, persons who have been lost in the
ployer. They employ more Louisian- and drugs, a terrible crime, as you all line of duty, as you know. It is more
ians than any big company or the gov- have said in your speeches in recent than the victims of 9/11 that they have
ernment. This is the mainstay. This is years? It kills thousands of Americans received for their pain and suffering.
the lifeblood of our economy. You are every year. It maims hundreds of thou- And, of course, those separations are
talking about deli managers and bar- sands. Surely, if someone has been con- permanent, not temporary. It is just
bershop owners, and bookstore owners. victed of at least one DUI, you would not right.
You name it. not want to include them in your am- Mr. LUETKEMEYER. So we could be
Small businesses across the country nesty plan. Every Democrat voted it giving a $450,000 payment to a MS–13
had to fight tooth and nail to survive down. gang member; is what you are saying?
the COVID–19 pandemic. The last thing So we tested it a little further. Okay, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. That is
this Congress needs to do is make it what if they have two or more DUI what it means, and convicted sex of-
more difficult for these businesses. convictions? Every Democrat voted it fenders, and multiple DUI-convicted
But that is exactly what our Demo- down. So I went to 10 or more DUI con- felons, and everybody else. They have
crat colleagues are trying to do. As for victions, would they be excluded from included them all. There is no limit to
the rest of the bill, well, they are still your magical amnesty plan? Every sin- it at all. Isn’t that outrageous?
working on it, they tell us. We heard gle Democrat voted ‘‘no’’ on that Mr. LUETKEMEYER. It doesn’t seem
today there may be some deal on pre- amendment. Every single one. There is to bother them that they are going to
scription drugs. Who knows? We have no limit to what they want to do with spend their own constituents’ hard-
to see how that goes. There have been this. earned tax dollars and give to a MS–13
lots of promises broken—made and bro- The one thing they do know, they gang member up to $450,000. Holy
ken—here the last few weeks. want to spend trillions and trillions of smokes. It blows you away.
Meanwhile, the Democrats are still our tax dollars before we know the Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. It is in-
trying to include amnesty in this score on all of this, before the actual credible. You can’t make this stuff up.
spending bill. What that has to do with text of the legislation has even been
the reconciliation, we have no idea. b 1815
read. They are ready to roll. Democrats
Hopefully, the Parliamentarian on the have a mere three-seat majority in this Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speak-
Senate side will put another kibosh on House. We have a 50–50 split in the Sen- er, I thank the gentleman for his in-
this. But they want to include tax ate. They are acting as if they have sightful discussion and presentation. I
breaks for wealthy New Yorkers and some sort of big majority to radically am glad he pointed out that the social-
just a bunch of terrible ideas. transform the country, as they keep ist agenda of this administration is
I have to digress for just a moment telling us. And what they have pre- being rejected by the people of this
and talk about this amnesty problem, sented is the most partisan, most ex- country. Probably very, very likely,
because not only will that be another pensive legislation package in the his- today, we are seeing the first reaction
burden on our small businesses; not tory of this country, using the slim- to that at the polling places. I also ap-
only will it really take jobs away from mest majority possible, and before they preciate his talking about the increase
law-abiding citizens, but you have to even tell the American people what is in taxes, the negative effect to small
consider the insatiable appetite that in it. businesses, and the regulations as well.
our friends on the other side of the Make no mistake, a toss-up election It is concerning that the comment he
aisle have for amnesty. in Virginia is just a taste of what is to made is quite true, because at this
We spent about 13 hours in the Judi- come for congressional Democrats in point, we have seen no text and it
ciary Committee about 3 weeks ago 2022 if they do not immediately ditch changes on a daily basis. Yet, we are
working on their effort. The Democrats this ridiculous spending plan and going to be asked to vote for that
pushed that through to graft amnesty harmful government overreach. thing, perhaps before we even get to
onto the spending bill. And after all of I just say this: Today we have a bat- see what is in it. Seems like I have
those hours, near the very end—late at tle that comes down to competing heard that somewhere before.
night—we asked them if there was any ideologies and agendas. It is now free- Anyway, let’s move on. We are ex-
end to this appetite they have for am- market capitalism versus Big Govern- cited to have the gentleman from
nesty. We are talking about as many as ment socialism. Pennsylvania (Mr. MEUSER) next to
10 million illegals who have come Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speak- give us his thoughts on the mon-
across the border. And we brought a er, I would like to have a minor discus- strosity of a bill here and the tax and
few amendments and we talked about sion with the gentleman here. spending actions of the administration.
this in our Conference, but we said, you You made a couple of points here Mr. MEUSER is the ranking member of
know, gee, if you are going to grant with regards to some of the discussions the Small Business Subcommittee on
amnesty and you all have the votes in you had with regards to amnesty. Did Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Ac-
the committee to move this through, one of the questions that you posed cess. I thank him for being here this
we understand that, but we just want deal with the $450,000 payment that the evening.
to see if there is any limit on who you President is proposing to all of the Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-
might include in amnesty. folks who come here illegally? Was tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.
So we brought an amendment to the that voted on or talked about at all in MEUSER).
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bill and said: What if someone is a your discussion? Mr. MEUSER. Madam Speaker, I
known MS–13 gang member? Surely, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Will the thank my good friend from Missouri,
you would want to exclude them from gentleman yield? the Republican leader of the Small
your amnesty plan. And I will tell you, Mr. LUETKEMEYER. I yield to the Business Committee, Mr. LUETKE-
every single Democrat on our com- gentleman from Louisiana. MEYER.
mittee voted that amendment down. Of Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. So I Madam Speaker, I am, as all of us
course, every Republican voted ‘‘yes.’’ wish that that proposal had been on are, I think, deeply concerned about
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the adverse impacts that the Demo- Small businesses are not asking us to In my home State of California, parts
crats’ budget reconciliation plan, as it spend billions on a civilian climate of the State recorded their highest av-
is called, will have on our Nation’s corps or more IRS agents or amnesty, erage gas prices ever last Friday. Some
small businesses. but they are demanding that Congress places are recording close to $6 per gal-
Today, small businesses are battling not raise their taxes, not issue con- lon. This is all taking place when some
severe labor shortages, escalating en- fusing mandates, and that we won’t of our colleagues in the majority are
ergy costs, inflationary pressures, sup- make it more difficult for them not to calling for a total domestic ban on gas
ply chain disruptions, and potential just prosper but to survive. and oil production, which would unde-
mandates that are causing uncertainty It is time for the Democrats to halt niably increase prices for all goods and
and threatening small businesses’ via- this reckless tax-and-spend spree that services.
bility. That is happening today. does nothing but exacerbate the nu- To add insult to injury, California re-
All Members of Congress should be merous crises facing Americans today. cently released its jobs report showing
focused on pro-growth policies to help Reconciliation is a bad bill, it has been the highest unemployment rate in the
empower small businesses, startups, an even worse process, and it is truly Nation, and unemployment claims
and American entrepreneurs. We an insult to small businesses who are keep increasing.
should be discussing a smart deregula- counting on us. So let’s ask ourselves: Why is Cali-
tory environment that allows the Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speak- fornia seeing an uptick in unemploy-
smallest firms to operate independ- er, I thank the gentleman from Penn- ment claims when NFIB is reporting
ently. sylvania for his insightful remarks, over half of small businesses have job
Instead, our Democrat colleagues are and I appreciate him quantifying that openings they cannot fill? Why is Cali-
attempting to push through completely this is a $420 billion hit to small busi- fornia seeing a record number of job
partisan legislation with trillions of nesses. creators leaving to establish their busi-
dollars in reckless spending and over His comment about working harder nesses in other States? The answer is
$420 billion, at least, in tax hikes on and making less, we understand the very simple. Many are tired of Sac-
Main Street job creators. pandemic caused a lot of dislocation, ramento punishing entrepreneurial
Small businesses need better and but we should be past that now. We ventures through some of the highest
they deserve better. Approximately should be helping businesses get back taxes in the country and burdensome
two-thirds of American jobs are cre- on their feet, not kicking their feet out regulations.
ated by small businesses, so their from underneath them and adding to Let’s learn from the mistakes en-
strength is our Nation’s economic the uncertainty with additional rules acted in California and instead work to
strength. President Biden continues to and regulations. empower entrepreneurs, job creators,
tell business owners, and all of us, that I am excited now to have one of the and Main Street. Let’s get back to the
this bill is going to reduce inflation newest members of our conference, path of prosperity, where we are not
and create jobs. Congresswoman YOUNG KIM from Cali- punishing success, and we make it easi-
This reconciliation bill—by the way, fornia, who is the ranking member of er for individuals and families to estab-
that is reconciliation with a ‘‘W’’ be- the Small Business Subcommittee on lish small businesses and serve the
cause it will do the exact opposite. It Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and communities that we all love.
will wreck our economy, unless some- Workforce Development. She herself I want to thank, again, Ranking
how the President and the Democrats has been a small businesswoman in the Member LUETKEMEYER for his leader-
have figured out how to defy basic eco- past, and I look forward to her insight- ship on our Small Business Committee
nomic principles, which is pretty much ful remarks. and for being a fearless advocate for
like trying to defy gravity. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- Main Street USA and entrepreneurs all
You cannot disincentive work and tlewoman from California (Mrs. KIM). across the country.
create more workers. You can’t flood Mrs. KIM of California. Madam Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speak-
the economy with more dollars and Speaker, I thank Ranking Member er, I thank the gentlewoman from Cali-
drive down inflation. This just isn’t LUETKEMEYER for yielding and arrang- fornia for her remarks, and we cer-
how it works. It is against the simple ing this very timely Special Order to tainly appreciate her comments. She
laws of cause and effect. discuss how taxes, increasing prices, made a comment with regards to entre-
Presently, we have a labor crisis that and the reduced workforce pool are im- preneurs. The small business folks are
is at historic levels. How do new gov- pacting our Main Street USA, which is the entrepreneurs that make our coun-
ernment programs that disincentivize the true backbone of our economy. try work. They are willing to take the
work support millions of small busi- I represent California’s 39th Congres- risk and invest their own dollars, work
ness owners who are struggling to fill sional District, which lays in the tri- long hours, and wind up being paid
open jobs? county area of Los Angeles, Orange, last, if at all sometimes.
Has anyone ever met a single small and San Bernardino Counties. I have I am glad she pointed out the lesson
business owner who believes raising the pleasure to represent one of the that we should be learning from Cali-
their taxes will somehow help them most diverse districts in the country fornia. A lot of times we look to Cali-
build back better? The answer is a re- that has a very vigorous entrepre- fornia to see what the latest trends
sounding no. neurial spirit. Unfortunately, it has are. Right now, the latest trend is who-
Most of us know this firsthand. I been trampled down by unclear guide- ever is the last one out, turn the lights
worked in small business for years. I lines on lockdowns, increased red tape, off. So I think we need to be looking at
hold regular business townhalls and labor shortages, high inflation, and, that and listening to those citizens,
talk with small businesses every day. now, a supply chain crisis. those businesspeople, who are leaving
We hold hearings where small busi- Mr. LUETKEMEYER knows very well the State due to the high cost of taxes
nesses are saying the same thing. that a big threat is looming in the ho- and regulations, just to be able to work
Higher taxes, pending mandates, ex- rizon in the form of increased taxes and there.
panding the IRS—that will be a wel- burdensome regulations through the I am excited now to have another
comed addition to their day—inflation, partisan reconciliation process. new member to our conference, who
energy costs. I just got a text from a Instead of working with us to tackle also is a member of the Small Business
businessperson sending me a picture of the issues impacting small business Committee, former State senator from
over $4 a gallon gasoline and saying— owners and workers, this administra- the State of Wisconsin, Congressman
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well, I won’t repeat what he said. Prod- tion and this House majority are look- SCOTT FITZGERALD.
uct shortages and labor shortages are ing to add more fuel to the fire with Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-
smothering and perplexing American fiscal expansionary measures at a time tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. FITZ-
businesses. Small business owners are when economic analysts say that we GERALD).
literally pulling their hair out. They could see inflation above 3 percent well Mr. FITZGERALD. Madam Speaker,
are working harder and getting less for into 2022. This is a run on inflation not the biggest tax increase for small busi-
it. seen since the early 1990s. ness in over 50 years—let me say it
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again—the biggest tax increase for If my colleagues on the other side of Those who have saved their hard-
small business in over 50 years. This is the aisle truly want to save small busi- earned money for months to buy their
what President Biden and my col- nesses, they will drop the spending loved ones something special for
leagues across the aisle are proposing plan, cut taxes for small businesses, re- Christmas worry that their delivery
in order to pay for part of their multi- plenish the Restaurant Revitalization will be stuck at our backed-up ports.
trillion-dollar spending package. Fund, and drop the arbitrary vaccine Make no mistake, all of these crises
The President and the Democrats mandate. That is what would get em- happening at once are not a coinci-
have proposed a range of options that ployees back to work. dence. They are the result of failed
will hurt economic growth and fall on These small-business owners deserve Biden administration policies and a re-
the backs of small businesses, like rais- an opportunity to chase the American jection, a whole-out rejection of the
ing the corporate tax, raising the indi- Dream. As it stands, this reconciliation longstanding values that always made
vidual tax rates, taxing unrealized cap- package will take that opportunity our America great. Authoritarian vac-
ital gains, and giving the IRS author- away from them. cine mandates on many vital industries
ity to spy on Americans’ bank ac- have led to labor shortages on a mas-
counts. b 1830
sive scale.
In announcing the tax increases, the Mr. LUETKEMEYER. I thank the Overtaxation on small businesses and
Biden administration said their agen- gentleman for his comments and in- their owners through an increase in the
da: ‘‘Will protect 97 percent of small sightful remarks. I really appreciate individual tax rate threaten more than
business owners from tax increases, him pointing out something, that this 130,000 jobs in an already struggling job
while delivering tax cuts to more than is the biggest tax increase in 50 years market. Overbearing red tape in this
3.9 million entrepreneurs.’’ on small businesses. Let me say that socialist reconciliation bill threatens
But here is the problem. It doesn’t again, the biggest tax increase in 50 to raise penalties on businesses by over
add up. The statement doesn’t add up. years on small businesses. 500 percent and will lead to more small
It doesn’t hold up to the scrutiny. The In our committee recently we had businesses going bankrupt, something
reality is that approximately 1.4 mil- the Small Business Administration Di- we have already seen far too much of
lion small businesses are structured as rector, and one of the members from over the last 2 years.
C corporations, meaning that they will our committee asked the Director if This is not what America wants. We
be subjected to the proposed 28 percent she had been advising the administra- are already struggling to sustain a val-
corporate tax rate, as opposed to the tion on the tax policy in this bill and uable and available workforce. Demo-
current rate of 21 percent. had done any studies as to the effect of crats’ overregulation on our businesses
Let’s talk about S corps. If you are those taxes on small businesses? We and government handouts are leading
not familiar with the S corp or the couldn’t get a response. to a cradle-to-grave welfare state, crip-
LLC, an individual small business own- She said, well, it really wasn’t some- pling our country’s ability to recover
er’s taxes flow through the S corp. So thing she would be concerned about. from the pandemic and once again
what is going to happen? They are Here is the Director of the Small Busi- thrive as the strongest nation on
going to increase the individual tax ness Administration, whose prime duty Earth. And it is all coming to a head.
rate. What will that mean? S corps and is to work this agency for the benefit It is all coming to a head this holiday
LLCs will see an increase in the of small businesses in this country, and season.
amount of taxes that they are paying. she was not going to think that this
Add in, as my other colleagues have We cannot continue to weaken Amer-
bill was important enough with the ican businesses. We cannot continue to
already brought up this evening on taxes and other extraneous things in
Special Orders, rising inflation rates, weaken American supply chains. We
there to even think about working on cannot continue to weaken the Amer-
increased cost of goods and services, it and advising the administration
shipping delays, labor shortages, and ican Dream. We cannot continue to
about what could happen to small busi- weaken the greatest nation on the face
these small businesses will find them-
nesses? of the Earth: America. We are the
selves in a hole. They are trying to
There is a huge disconnect within greatest country there has ever been
jump start themselves right now out of
this administration about what is and ever will be. Why is the left trying
a pandemic, and we are going to tax
going on in the real world and the uto- so hard, so desperately to destroy that
them more? It makes absolutely no
pian view of how they would like to greatness?
sense.
For nearly a decade, I was the owner have things be in the future under a so- We must get Americans back to
of a small business. If you would have cialist regime. This is nuts. work, and we must support policies
told me in 1990, when I started my How in the world can you put a bill that allow our businesses to flourish
small business, that I would be facing together like this that has this kind of and not wither away. It is the basis of
labor shortages, tax increases, and sup- effect on small business and not even America.
ply delays, guess what? I wouldn’t have study the effect of it? Absolutely I will continue to fight alongside my
started a small business. You would be breathtaking. colleagues to ensure that these bad, de-
out of your mind to start a small busi- I yield to the gentleman from New structive policies and their decades-
ness under those types of cir- Jersey (Mr. VAN DREW), a small busi- long consequences are prevented. We
cumstances. ness person himself. He has experienced will continue to fight for good policy
And guess what? We are seeing that some of these hardships and problems, that opens our country back up, that
happen in my home State of Wisconsin. and he is going to tell us all about gets our people back to work, that
The restaurant industry, gyms, manu- what his views are on this bill and how makes us strong and puts America
facturers, construction companies, it can impact his business. back to the forefront of the world
they are all struggling right now. If Mr. VAN DREW. Madam Speaker, as stage.
you are back in the district and you we rapidly approach the upcoming holi- Mr. LUETKEMEYER. I certainly
are talking to people and you are at a day season, which is the busiest time of thank the gentleman from New Jersey
chamber meeting or you are at some year for many American families and for his remarks and reminding us that
type of specific association related to for many industries, I am, we all are, inflation is a tax as well. I think we
an industry, they will continue to tell greatly concerned about the state of need to remember that when we go to
you we are in trouble. Yet, the Biden our country. Gas prices are the highest the gas pump. Last January I was able
administration and the Democrats are we have seen in nearly a decade, forc- to get it for $1.89. On Monday I filled up
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looking at tax increases on these small ing families to contemplate if they can my tank and it was $3.19. I got nothing
businesses. afford to travel for the holidays. more. I got the same amount of gas.
We must give small businesses a Worse yet, those wishing to travel The only difference is it was $1 and
chance to succeed. This trillion-dollar further are worried that their flights some higher. Inflation is a tax.
reconciliation package and the subse- may be canceled at the last minute be- I appreciate him reminding us of the
quent tax increases do just the oppo- cause there aren’t even enough pilots work ethic and values that our small
site. to fly the planes. business folks display and have to work
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with every day to make their business have runaway inflation going on right those people who are willing to take
work and the effects of mandates. I ap- now, and we want more money to be those kinds of risks and drive our coun-
preciate his comments. spent again. This is nuts. try forward and provide the jobs.
Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- Government control. I appreciate his As a reminder, when we unleashed
tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. KEL- comments with regard to that. This is the power of the people with the tax
LER), who has a great personal story about government control. It is about cut bill of 2017, we wound up before the
himself. I look forward to his remarks controlling the economy and control- pandemic of having 1.2 million more
and his concerns about this mon- ling individuals and controlling busi- jobs in this country than we had people
strosity of a bill, socialist reconcili- nesses. Again, it is about the belief to fill them. The first time in history
ation bill. that the other side seems to believe in that we had those sorts of job openings
Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I the goodness and greatness of govern- for people to apply for.
thank Ranking Member LUETKEMEYER ment, and we believe in the goodness The fundamentals are still there if
for having this Special Order. At a and greatness of our people. I certainly we don’t destroy them, and that is the
time when we should be doing every- appreciate his comments with regard key. This bill will destroy those fun-
thing we can to help small businesses to that and reminding us of those sa- damentals. Add to that the uncertainty
thrive and strengthen America’s work- lient facts. that a lot of our good friends and small
force, President Biden’s radical social- Madam Speaker, how much time is businesses that drive this country are
ist agenda is driving a wedge between remaining? concerned about, the taxes will be the
job creators and the workforce. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- burden that will have to be overcome,
Drawing upon 25 years of experience tleman has 9 minutes. and probably will drive a lot of them
in private industry, working in a fac- Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Thank you out of business.
tory, later managing that factory, I very much. I shouldn’t be too long. We They are very concerned about the
understand the challenges that our have rolled this around quite a bit, and direction of this administration. They
businesses face and what it means to we have hit on the high points, but I do seem to believe, again, in the goodness
get up every day, go to work, and sup- want to make a few closing remarks. and greatness of government. Our side
port a family. The American people deserve better believes in the goodness and greatness
President Biden and House Demo- than this. We are here to be able to of our people, and we want to empower
crats aren’t looking out for American help them, not to harm them. We are them and continue to protect them and
families. If they were, they would not here to be able to lift them up and em- work with them.
be working to increase the tax rates for power them instead of take power Madam Speaker, thank you for the
small business owners or dumping away. We are here to give them hope, opportunity to be here this evening and
more than a trillion dollars into the not destroy hope. You do all these for allowing us to have this Special
economy. That will only worsen the in- things on the positive side, I think, by Order. I yield back the balance of my
flation we have seen and the supply empowering them and letting them be time.
chain crisis. who they are rather than take that
This build back better scheme is a away from them and try from the gov- f
farce. It is simply out of control. Who- ernment side to control what they are
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ever controls more of an individual’s doing and who they want to be.
money and how they earn it controls I have the opportunity with one of INVESTING IN THE UNITED
more of their actions. That should be the positions that I hold here in Con- STATES
the person who earns it, not the gov- gress to meet with a lot of foreign fi-
ernment. nance ministers from around the world, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under
When you look at these tax policies, and it is always interesting to talk to the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan-
when you look at inflation, when you them because they are very jealous of uary 4, 2021, the gentleman from Penn-
look at the fact that this administra- what we have. We have something most sylvania (Mr. CARTWRIGHT) is recog-
tion has taken us away from energy countries in the world don’t have, and nized for 60 minutes as the designee of
independence, people are spending that is economic freedom. The freedom the minority leader.
more for groceries, they are spending to be able to go somewhere tomorrow; GENERAL LEAVE
more for fuel, they are going to spend if you want to change jobs, go change Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Madam Speaker,
more to heat their homes, and that is jobs. If you want to start a new busi- I ask unanimous consent that all Mem-
controlling more of their money be- ness tomorrow, go start a new business. bers have 5 legislative days to revise
cause of these poor policies. The best If you want to start another one next and extend their remarks and include
thing government can do is get out of week, start another new business next extraneous material on the subject of
the way and return economic independ- week. Most places in the world you my Special Order.
ence to the American people. can’t do that, and that is a huge dif- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
I thank the ranking member for hav- ference. That economic freedom, that objection to the request of the gen-
ing this Special Order and allowing us entrepreneurial spirit that we have in tleman from Pennsylvania?
to point out that we believe in the this country makes us different from There was no objection.
American people. They built the great- everybody else. Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Madam Speaker,
est economy the world has ever seen. This monstrosity of a socialist rec- we are here tonight to talk about these
They built the greatest nation on the onciliation bill is a dagger in the heart amazing bills coming up having to do
face of the Earth, and I just wish that to the entrepreneurs and the small with our investment in the United
President Biden, when he talks about business people in this country who States of America, both in the bipar-
being frustrated with American citi- have built this country. The big busi- tisan infrastructure bill and the Build
zens, would get half as frustrated with nesses, where did they start from? Back Better Act.
China and Russia and the Taliban. They started as a small business. They These two bills taken together will
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. I thank the didn’t start as a big, major business to create millions of American jobs re-
gentleman for his insightful remarks. I begin with. They started in somebody’s building our infrastructure and build-
really appreciate his comments. Pour- garage or in a university research lab ing clean energy technology to combat
ing more money into the economy just somewhere or as an idea that somebody climate change. Together, the Build
adds to inflation. If we go back and scratches on the back of a napkin in a Back Better Act and the infrastructure
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look at the comments by the CBO when restaurant somewhere. These people, package are expected to create 2 mil-
they scored the bill back in February, the entrepreneurs who are willing to lion jobs a year on average. They will
a $1.9 trillion bill, they said we didn’t put their ideas on the table, their reward work by cutting taxes for work-
need it, that we would have 5 percent money, and their beliefs and risk ev- ing families and lowering costs on the
growth by the end of this year if we did erything to make this work. things that keep folks up late at night,
nothing. And yet we spent $1.9 trillion This bill that we are talking about like healthcare, childcare, and home
and look at what has happened. We this evening is a dagger in the heart to care for aging relatives.
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