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'Thicket of regulations' is killing jobs, Fiorina says -

Published on Monday, February 08, 2010
By DUANE W. GANG


COLTON - U.S. Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina used the CalPortland cement plant in Colton on Monday as a backdrop to criticize the "thicket of regulations" that she said is killing jobs in California.

Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, is seeking the Republican nomination in June and fighting for the chance to take on incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., in the general election.

The loss of jobs in California has been a Republican theme in both the U.S. Senate race and contest for California governor, with many of the candidates calling for streamlined regulations and tax cuts.

At CalPortland, Fiorina held a roundtable discussion with more than two-dozen local business owners, including the company's president and CEO, Allen Hamblen, and others in the construction and transportation industries.

She used the event to criticize Boxer for supporting what she called job-killing legislation   Read Full Article...

 
 

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