Time to Provide Certainty for Job Creators

by on December 19, 2011 in Blog, Jobs

Have you heard what Democrats in Washington are trying to do now?

Rather than approve a full year extension of the payroll tax cut – a plan I support – President Obama and House Democrats are demanding a short, two month extension.

It is painfully obvious that the President has never run a business. If he had any private sector experience, he would know that America’s businesses aren’t run on short term political ruses. But that’s exactly what President Obama is trying to give them in the form of a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut.

At this time of year and in this economic climate, we need to be providing certainty to American workers and our job creators. These two month extensions are just kicking the can down the road and they have to stop now.

That’s why I’m supporting a full year extension of the payroll tax cuts – so our businesses and workers will have the certainty they need to plan for another year.

And what is the response from Washington liberals to my support of pro-jobs tax cuts?

They are unleashing James Carville and DCCC Chairman Israel to attack me because they don’t have the courage themselves to support a full year extension. We have said it all along – these Washington Liberals will do or say anything to try to defeat me and return the Speaker’s gavel to Nancy Pelosi.

Will you donate right now to help me fight back against Washington Liberals? My campaign needs to raise $25,000 by the end of this quarter in order to answer their relentless attacks and show Americans that I’m not afraid of making tough decisions. 

President Obama and House Democrats would rather play politics than pass meaningful measures that will help our small businesses and actually create jobs.

America doesn’t need leaders who will only make decisions two months at a time. Will you donate to my campaign right now and help me fight back against their attacks?

As always, thank you for your support!

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President Obama is Blocking Job Creation All Over the Country

by on December 16, 2011 in Blog, Economy, Jobs

13.3 million Americans are currently out of work. Unfortunately, I am beginning to believe the only job Barack Obama is interested in saving is his own.

Lately the President seems more interested in appeasing his left-wing donors than promoting economic recovery. Let’s review.

First, the president cow-towed to the left-wing base of the Democratic Party by blocking access to permits to drill off the Gulf Coast.

Then, the Obama Administration’s National Labor Relations Board blocked Boeing from creating thousands of new jobs in Charleston because his union friends don’t live there and South Carolinians value the right to work.

Now President Obama is bowing to those environmentalists again by blocking development of the Keystone Pipeline. This project would bring over a million barrels of friendly oil from Canada to our country everyday and employ thousands of Americans in the process. The President’s own administration has reported that the Keystone Pipeline does not pose a significant environmental threat. But President Obama is putting off the decision until 2013 – after he gets those important campaign checks from his donors.

President Obama cannot have it both ways. He cannot decry the shrinking middle class and then turn around and block the very jobs that would employ middle class Americans and reinvigorate the national economy.

Because he is choosing to vote “present” on the Keystone Pipeline, over 200 steelworkers who were working on the Keystone Pipeline project will now be laid off the week before Christmas.

That’s 200 jobs lost because the President is choosing extreme environmentalists over the middle class he claims to support. President Obama needs to understand that there are consequences to his actions. When he blocks economic development in favor of his left-wing friends, Americans lose jobs.

This is not leadership. The President cannot continue to advocate for new jobs and economic recovery while blocking private sector initiatives that will actually get Americans back to work and promote an economic recovery.

I need your help to tell the President and Washington Liberals that they are wrong once again.  We have a winning fight but it is going to be difficult when we are battling the President, Harry Reid, AND the liberal media.  Help me raise the money I need to get out my message of strong conservatism as the way to restore America.  Every dollar I raise will go toward proving my ability to fight through another difficult election.

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Cutting the Red Tape

by on December 9, 2011 in Blog, Economy

71,864 pages! That is the number of pages of new regulations added to the Federal Register this year!

You and I know that one of the worst things we can do for our businesses is to create an environment of economic and regulatory uncertainty. But that’s exactly what President Obama has done – at an estimated cost of $93.2 Billion dollars for businesses to comply.

How can we ask business owners to grow their businesses when all Washington is growing is a mountain of red tape?

Until we cure Washington’s addiction to spending, taxing, and regulating, many of our businesses won’t be confident enough in our economy to begin the road to recovery. Businesses that can’t be sure what their tax burden will be from year to year, how Obamacare will affect their bottom line, or which dust particle the EPA will choose to regulate next, are less likely to hire and less likely to invest in our communities.

That’s why removing that economic uncertainty and cutting through all the red tape is so important. And I’m proud to say that we took an important step in that direction this week in the House by passing two important job-creation bills: the REINS Act and the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act.

The REINS Act aims to rein in excessive regulations by requiring Congressional approval of any new regulation that would have an economic impact of $100 million or more. For reference, this year the Obama Administration has proposed over 200 new regulations that would require congressional approval under this bill, meaning they would have an economic impact of over $100 million. By bringing those regulations up for debate on the floors of the House and the Senate, we will be able to inject common sense and good business practice back into the regulatory process and hopefully stop harmful regulations in their tracks.

The REINS Act is the 26th pro-jobs bill the House has sent to the Senate this year. And the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act we passed yesterday became the 27th. This bill prevents the EPA from imposing more red tape and regulations – this time on dust – on farmers who are already feeling the pinch of the economic recession. Only in Washington could regulating dust on farmland seem like a good idea.

We can get businesses hiring and growing again, but not until we remove the maze of regulatory red tape they are currently fighting. The REINS Act and the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act will get government out of the way of businesses so they can do what they do best: grow our economy and employ our neighbors.

 

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The REINS Act

by on December 6, 2011 in Blog, Jobs

I have said many times that one of the best ways we can grow the economy and get businesses hiring again is to get government out of the way. That’s why I’ll be supporting the REINS Act when it comes to the floor of the House this week.

This bill will help rein in excessive regulations by requiring Congressional approval of any new regulation that would have an economic impact of $100 million or more. We can get businesses hiring and growing again, but not until we remove the regulatory burden they are currently fighting.

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Op-Ed in the Fayetteville Observer: Job creation bills need action

by on November 22, 2011 in Blog, Jobs

Today, Rep. Ellmers has posted an op-ed in the Fayetteville Observer. Here’s an excerpt:

Our economy is at a standstill and unemployment is at its highest level in decades. Our children are graduating from high school and college without any jobs and moving back home for a new life of unemployment purgatory. The statistics speak for themselves. As of last month, just 74 percent of Americans ages 25 to 34 were working, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report also shows that 14.2 percent of young adults are living with their parents, up from 11.8 percent in 2007.

The back end of this jobs cycle is having the same impact. Last week it was reported that 25 percent of Americans do not think they will be able to retire until age 80. Older workers have seen their retirement savings and investments dried up as a result of the great recession and are staying put in their jobs for fear of insolvency. The jobs that do exist are being held hostage by fear, risk and submission.

Parents are beginning to look at their children and wonder if the American Dream is dying. With deadlines for thousands of dollars in student loan debt creeping up, their children are moving back home, desperate for a job – any job. This is not the America I have always known. We can and must do better.

Read the entire op-ed here.

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