“A jobs plan that is one that focuses fundamentally on the things that will get government off the back of the American people and let the American people get back to work.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate in support of the Senate Republican Jobs Plan that was recently unveiled by Senator Rob Portman (R-OH).
Excerpts of his remarks are below:
“I just want to thank Senator Portman for the incredible job he’s been doing as a champion of efforts to create more private-sector jobs in this country to make it easier and cheaper to create private-sector jobs, for the private sector to create the jobs that we need.
“70% of the jobs created in this country are created by our small businesses one at a time.
“When there are government rules and regulations and red tape and increased expenses, it makes it much, much harder because it doesn’t provide the certainty that the small businesses of this country need in order to create those new jobs.
“They may not be willing to take the additional risks and additional expense because of the unknown concerns.
“A big part of this has to do with the rules and regulations that come out of Washington, D.C. Rules and regulations that may not even be connected to laws that were passed in this body, but rules and regulations put forward by this administration, by people who have a different view of how America works.
“When the American people were questioned just this last month—whether there were too few regulations or too many regulations and the impact on business, a majority said there are too many regulations on our businesses.
“And how much money does Washington spend on regulations? Governments spend a record of $55 billion developing and enforcing rules last year. For every $1 that government spends to put forth and enforce these rules, it costs businesses in this country $30.
“People all across the country are concerned, and that’s why I’m so happy to be here with Senator Portman today in his efforts, his leadership on a jobs plan that is one that focuses fundamentally on the things that will get government off the back of the American people and let the American people get back to work.”