Economy and Jobs
The issues of Economy and Jobs are important to our district and to my work in Congress.
America’s success has always been grounded in free enterprise and small business. In New Hampshire, small business is the engine that drives our economy with more than 96% of businesses employing fewer than 100 people. It is the entrepreneurial spirit and innovation of these businesses that keep unemployment low and cash flowing into our economy. The best thing Congress can do is create a favorable economic environment for businesses then get out of the way. To do this, Congress must control spending, decrease uncertainty in the private sector, and keep taxes low. These policies will allow for maximum growth of the economy and produce much needed jobs.
Last April, I launched my ongoing Getting Granite Staters Back to Work initiative, bringing together the various people involved in job creation to work in sync for the goal we all share: putting more people on our state’s payrolls. This ongoing initiative includes visits to small businesses, a survey of small business owners, job creators’ roundtables, conferences and job fairs.
In recognition of my pro-jobs voting record, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce awarded me with the "2011 Spirit of Enterprise Award."
Legislative Action:
I have been actively voting for, sponsoring, and cosponsoring jobs related legsilation. Please visit the "Job Tracker" below to take a look at just a few of the jobs bills that have already passed the House of Representatives and their current status in the legislative process.
Watch videos of me fighting for New Hampshire jobs in Washington below:
- On November 3, 2011, Congressman Frank Guinta fought for Granite State jobs on the House Floor in advocating for bi-partisan jobs legislation titled the "Access to Capital for Job Creators Act."
- On Thursday, October 27, 2011, Congressman Frank Guinta called on the US Senate to pass the "Forgotten 15" House-passed jobs bills.
- On September 22, 2011, Congressman Frank Guinta fought for New Hampshire jobs while in a Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing with Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis from the U.S. Department of Labor in a conversation about the New Hampshire Job Corps Center.
- On Tuesday, July 12, 2011, Congressman Frank Guinta was on the House Floor discussing his ongoing "Getting Granite Staters Back to Work" initiative.