mr. speaker , unless we enact h.r. 4297 , americans will receive a most unwelcomed christmas gift from the democrats : a huge automatic tax increase .  this will cost families billions of their dollars and jeopardize millions of their jobs .  we can not sit idly by and let the democrats do this .  tax relief has already created more than 4.4 million new jobs ; but if you raise taxes , you start taking these jobs away .  mr. speaker , let me tell you about a few of the jobs from my east texas district that could be lost if the democrats succeed in their tax increase plan today .  let me tell you about hugh dublin who owns east texas right of way in tennessee colony , texas .  he specializes in the land-leasing business .  due to tax relief , his company has grown from two full-time employees to four full-time employees and four part-timers .  his two new full-time employees are named dan and david .  they were unemployed , but now they are able to start new careers in a growing business .  the democrats want to raise taxes on hugh dublin and his small business .  they want to jeopardize dan 's and david 's paychecks and replace them with welfare checks , and they call that compassion .  eddie alexander owns triple s electric in henderson county , texas .  they are an electrical contracting business .  for the first 3 1/2 years he was in business , it was just him and one part-time helper .  since the passage of the president 's economic growth plan , he has been able to hire two more additional employees named jarad and john , both of whom were out of work but both of whom now provide homes for their families .  the democrats now want to raise taxes on eddie alexander and his small business .  they want to jeopardize jarad 's and john 's paychecks and replace them with welfare checks ; and this they call compassion .  gill travers owns travers & amp ; company .  they are a home building company in athens , texas .  thanks to the housing boom created by president bush 's tax relief plan , travers & amp ; company has had to hire three new workers .  jan , who was previously unemployed , was hired to help clean up the job sites .  business is so good she had to turn around and hire calvin and christy .  they were unemployed , too .  the democrats now want to raise taxes on gill travers and his small business .  they want to jeopardize jan , calvin , and christy 's paychecks and replace them with welfare checks ; and this they call compassion .  mr. speaker , tax relief has created over 4.4 million new tax-paying jobs of the future ; 4.4 million hard-working americans can now provide for their families this christmas .  more than just providing food and shelter , these jobs are providing newfound hope and opportunity .  the democrats would take all of this away .  we can not go back .  we must prevent this massive democrat tax increase .  we must support jobs and support the rule for h.r. 4297 .  