[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 80 (Wednesday, June 22, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 22, 1994]
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                            SUPPORT SLIPPING

  (Ms. PRYCE of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, support is slipping in the House for 
the employer mandate in health care reform. I wonder why?
  Could it be that an employer mandate will cost at least a million 
jobs and maybe more? Could be.
  Could it be that an employer mandate would be the last straw for many 
small businesses resulting in the closing of thousands? Might be.
  Could it be that an employer mandate makes it more expensive for 
companies to hire new employees? That could explain it.
  But, Mr. Speaker, I have another theory for why support for employer 
mandate is slipping in the House.
  My guess is that House Democrats do not want to support a really bad 
idea only to have the Senate reject it. My guess is that Democrats do 
not really want to walk the plank for President Clinton again. For 
whatever reason, I urge my colleagues to reject the employer mandate. 
It is an idea whose time has not come, and should not come.

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