U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Representative Richard Hanna (R-NY) said sustained, long-term federal infrastructure investments are needed to jump start the economy during the National Chapter Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 20. The two GOP members of Congress chided the Obama administration for neglecting long-term legislation in favor of making large, temporary, political payoffs that did little to rebuild infrastructure as part of the stimulus. They also said growing federal regulatory burdens were stifling small business growth and hiring and said they were working to repeal the “idiotic” 3 percent withholding measure. As Representative Hanna, a former contractor, said if businesses don’t succeed, government doesn’t succeed.
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