[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 14, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 14, 1994]
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                                  JOBS

  (Mr. HASTERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HASTERT. Madam Speaker, jobs. That is the reason that common 
sense people oppose employer mandates.
  The President's health care reform plan will kill millions of jobs, 
close thousands of small businesses and raise the costs of hiring new 
employees. The President has made the employer mandate the cornerstone 
of his entire health care plan. But that cornerstone cannot withstand 
the weight of reason and the pressure of reality.
  Any reasonable person knows that sacrificing a million jobs in any 
health reform process is not worth the effort. And in reality, the 
President's employer mandate will kill a million jobs.
  Madam Speaker, to reform our health care system, we need a stronger 
cornerstone than employer mandates. We need to fix the problems that 
plague our current system without killing jobs and hurting quality. 
That is why the common sense approach is to oppose employer mandates.

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