[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 28, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H8906-H8907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATOR

  (Mr. SOUDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SOUDER. Mr. Speaker, this 1,017-page bill passed in Labor. It 
passed in Ways and Means. It's only waiting on one committee at this 
point. What is clear is that it uses our tax money to kill innocent, 
little babies through abortion. It's clear that it uses our tax money 
to allow people to kill themselves. What's unclear is anything in 
between.
  Part of the reason this chart is being censored, I've concluded, is 
that it actually oversimplifies this bill. As for this position here, 
that of the health administrator, I asked in our markup, What defines a 
full-time employee? Is it 40 hours, 35 or 30 hours? Well, that will be 
up to the health care administrator. What about seasonal employees? Are 
they counted? Well, that will be up to the health care administrator. 
What about if you're above the small business amount and then you drop 
below it because you've laid off people? Well, that will be up to the 
health care administrator.
  This was all night long. We were in session all night long, marking 
up this bill. The committee kept saying, Well, we don't want the 
businesses to game this bill, so we're not going to put it in the bill 
that defines ``full time.'' They

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had small, smaller, smallest. We're not going to define it because 
we're going to let the health care administrator do it. This 1,017 
pages is just a start.

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