Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Floor Speech

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Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman.

Let me express my support for this, really, through the people that I represent. I try to think about: How does it make a difference in their lives?

It does for the person looking for a job. And we see that jobs are created by small business, and this is the kind of a program which we have now given certainty to the entrepreneurs that will create new jobs and, therefore, new revenue by somebody who is back to work.

We appreciate teachers who take money out of their own pocket. It is not a big dollar amount, but we say thank you for making your commitment to our children.

We appreciate our communities with conservation easement that will allow us to preserve the beauty, particularly in areas in which open space continues to be an issue.

But I think it is in the issue of health care, families struggling with diseases, that now we incent the kind of research and development to make a change; and then, ultimately, when we do have the products that we can bring to market, we are not taxing them and driving them further away from the consumer.

For all of these reasons, it makes a difference to the people in a positive way, and that is why I urge my colleagues to be supportive.

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