from "jersey shore," author nicole "snooki" polizzi. and music from lloyd banks.h cleto and the cletones. ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" >> dain: and now, for what it's worth, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thanks for everything you've done so far. please, i have to make this quick. i want to go home and play with my singamajigs. as of right now, no one is allowed to say happy new year anymore. it's enough. [ applause ] the new year is six days old. if the new year was shrimp, it would be spoiled by now. if someone says happy new year tomorrow, don't be rude, just say, no, not anymore. in washington, the 112th congress was sworn in this morning, with republicans taking control of the house for the first time in four years. and republicans say their plan is to stick to a strict interpretation of the original constitution, so, i hope you didn't like voting, women and non-whites. they're also hoping to cut back on government regulation of wall street, which is good, i mean, i thi

i think chairman miller, -- peter polizzi, and the committee for inviting me here to testify. small businesses are the backbone of our economy. in new jersey, which account for 90.5% of the state's employers. and another 590,000 new jersey residents are self-employed. on behalf of the new jersey small businesses, i thank you for the work you have done to enact legislation to make health care work better for us. as a small-business owner, i oppose the repeal of the health care law. both my business and my patients stand to lose important benefits if the law is repealed or if it is watered down. as a small-business owner, when i started my medical practice 21 years ago, i was not able to afford medical coverage for my employees. i was therefore not able to complete successfully -- compete successfully for the most qualified applicants. i therefore lost many of them to larger companies that were able to offer better benefits. now that i do offer health insurance coverage, i dread my renewal dates every year. in 2009, my premiums went up 33%. last year my premium when up 50%, 50%.