[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 48 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 28, 1994]
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                     THE CHAMBER LEADING THE CHARGE

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Madam Speaker, if an employee mandate were passed in the 
health care reform process, my State would lose 28,000 jobs. The 
Members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce understood this, and in a 
chamber poll recently the chamber members rejected mandates 71 to 24 
percent. To more taxes, which everyone would pay for more Government, 
chamber members rejected them 87 percent to 8 percent.
  The fact chamber members rejected employer mandates by 3 to 1 and 
more taxes by over 10 to 1 is important. The people who know business 
best and know what is best for business know that the Clinton plan 
would be bad for business and bad for America.
  More Federal costs and more Federal taxes would mean fewer American 
jobs.
  The chamber has long led the charge for American prosperity. It still 
is, as it leads the charge away from the Clinton health plan.

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