[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 155 (Friday, October 23, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H11728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   HEALTH CARE REFORM SHOULD NOT BE ON BACKS OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES

  (Mr. BOOZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOOZMAN: Mr. Speaker, we need health care reform, but not on the 
backs of our small businesses. The proposed plan would impose more than 
$820 billion in new taxes, something hardworking Americans and small 
businesses can't afford.
  In a letter, Gilbert Travis of Travis Lumber Company in Mansfield, 
Arkansas, described how his company and many other lumber companies 
have been forced to cut back on the number of days a week in operation. 
Some have met an even worse fate--closure.
  Gilbert is not optimistic that the outlook for these businesses will 
get better any time soon and writes there is no way the American 
economy, with it's hardworking people, can afford the absolutely 
wasteful spending and tax increases that Washington is trying to impose 
at every angle they can possibly think of.
  Mr. Speaker, I agree with Gilbert. We cannot be imposing new taxes on 
hardworking American businesses that are struggling to make ends meet 
in this economic climate. Let's craft a real reform that will decrease 
health costs, allowing more persons to get the care they deserve.

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