[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 82 (Friday, June 24, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 24, 1994]
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            EMPLOYER MANDATES WILL HURT BUSINESS AND AMERICA

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, the word is getting out.
  American businesses are finally starting to hear what the proposed 
Clinton health care plan and it's job-killing employer mandates will 
cost them and their employees.
  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has said, overwhelmingly that Clinton's 
employer mandates are unacceptable.
  The proposed mandates will kill jobs and drive down wages.
  Employers will have no choice but to reduce either wages or their 
work force in order to cover their losses.
  It just does not make sense to risk losing your job for government-
run health care when there are health care reform proposals like the 
Republican's Michel-Lott bill, which fixes what is wrong with our 
health care system, while keeping what is right with it, and it does 
this without killing American jobs.
  Mr. Speaker, the business of America is business and employer 
mandates will hurt business and America.

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