[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 80 (Wednesday, June 22, 1994)]
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                    AMERICA NEEDS JOBS NOT MANDATES

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, whether we are talking about triggers 
or employer-financed health coverage, there are those in and around 
Capitol Hill who seem bent on forcing some sort of mandate down the 
American public's throat.
  Specifically, reports have described the employer mandate as the 
linchpin of President Clinton's Government-run health care reform 
proposal. But what type of linchipin is this that speaks of reform on 
one hand, while moving toward job destruction and overall employee 
benefit reduction on the other.
  The administration counters with the hollow argument that no jobs 
will be lost due to the implementation of the Clinton plan. However, 
this is dead wrong.
  An average of more than 40 independent studies has shown that 
President Clinton's version of health care reform will cost the 
American public more than 2.1 million jobs during only the first 5 
years of his program.
  America does not need this type of jobs-killer. America does not want 
another Government-run bureaucracy. But most importantly, America 
cannot afford to lose any more jobs.
  Mr. Speaker, let us work together on a bipartisan, health care reform 
package, and give the American public something they want: Health care 
reform now.

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