TORRANCE TRIBUNE November 1, 2012 Page 3 Congresswoman from front page in her first bipartisan effort to create a ports them to get the capital they need and bring cut any of the high-paying jobs that the able to access capital. The entrepreneurship of caucus, which now consists of approximately investment off the sideline, then we can industry provides. these local businesses is being stifled by the 80 members from both sides of the aisle. really open up the throttle on our economy “The non-defense cuts hanging over us difficulty of ensuring capital that they need to “When I talk about infrastructure and here in this region.” will be disarrayed investments in education, build the next great idea or buy a new piece economic development for this region, I However, the Congresswoman also infrastructure and research and development of equipment or hire a new employee. That have to speak about our ports. They are a spoke about the dangers of sequestration precisely when we need them the most,” Hahn is why I have introduced legislation to do tremendous resource for this region and they and reaffirmed her opposition to what she said. “Now is not the time to make historic something as simple as reducing the amount aren’t just critical gateways of trade--they considered a horrible bipartisan compromise. cuts and when I get back to Washington, of paperwork it takes to apply for a loan. It are the engines of growth and opportunity,” In addition, she expressed her refusal to allow I’m going to fight to make sure that we can used to be 12 pages and I introduced a bill Hahn said. “I was surprised when I found 12 people in Congress (six Republicans and come together at Congress and make the that would say, ‘Let’s cut that down to two myself in the 112th Congress and no one had six Democrats) to determine the fiscal fate of compromises needed to make sure that this pages.’ Let’s get all the information you can ever thought about forming a caucus around the country by instituting “automatic triggers.” the subject of our nations’ sea ports. I said, “Unfortunately, we are rapidly approaching ‘Ted, I am surprised that this Congress does the edge of a fiscal cliff that could cripple “Unfortunately, we are rapidly approaching the not speak about ports when they speak about our nation for a generation. A lot of you in edge of a fiscal cliff that could cripple jobs and economy. I think it is our duty to this room are worried about sequestration and our nation for a generation.” educate the rest of the members of Congress you should be,” Hahn said. “These draconian about how important these ports are to the across-the-board cuts were purposely built nation’s vitality and security and economy, to be too painful to bear and to force a does not happen. Now is when we need to get on two pages. That might even begin to goods’ movements and exports for small compromise. Unfortunately that did not happen make big and transformative investments in speed and cut some bureaucratic red tape at businesses.’” and the legislation that created the sequester education and infrastructure and in healthcare.” the federal government level.” Hahn also emphasized the need for was one of the first positions that I took as Hahn expressed her confidence in the Hahn concluded, “No matter what you regional leaders to work with each other a member of Congress last summer. I knew region’s ability to recover from the deep hear about how bitter and partisan and toxic and government officials to successfully then the damages that these cuts could do to recession and become a center of economic it is back there, I feel--and my ports caucus climb out of the sluggish financial situation our economy, to our national security and to growth that will help rebuild a struggling proves it--that there is a hunger in probably and rebuild the economy. “The state of our our small businesses were be huge. So I voted middle class. “There is so much potential in this everyone who serves in Congress to find ways region depends on us expanding their access no on my very first vote for that. It was a community; so much potential for innovation to work together. Most of us are somewhere on capital and protecting those great DIR bad idea then and it is a worse idea today.” and growth,” Hahn said. “Small businesses in it in the middle on most issues. We want to grants that are fueling innovation and the Hahn also touched on the negative impacts particular are having a hard time accessing find a way so we can do something for the new technology developments by our small the sequester would have on the nation’s the capital they need to grow. I have been American people, but that takes us putting our businesses in this region,” Hahn said. “If we defense, which is already forced to adjust meeting with businesses all around the area partisan politics at the door, reaching across empower our small businesses by helping to peacetime spending, without having to and it is a problem that they haven’t been the aisle and working together.” • Are you the picture of health? El Camino College Alumni -------- Portraits of Success -------- “Without the start I received from El Camino College, I would not be where I am today. 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