[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                   REPEAL OBAMACARE: ECONOMIC REASONS

  (Mr. BROOKS of Alabama asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. America struggles under President Obama's 
economic policies:
  Nearly 12 million Americans are out of work. Last month, almost 
280,000 Americans were forced into part-time jobs because their hours 
were reduced or they couldn't find a full-time job;
  The average workweek and weekly take-home pay for Americans dropped;
  The best measure for employment, the Labor Participation Rate, is at 
63.3 percent, the worst since the economic malaise of President Jimmy 
Carter.
  With the Obama economy doing so poorly, why implement a law we know 
will kill, according to the Congressional Budget Office, some 800,000 
American jobs?
  ObamaCare undermines the ability of American companies to hire 
workers. It stymies economic growth, and it's only going to get worse. 
Even top Democrats admit as much. One of the law's authors, Senator Max 
Baucus, called it a ``train wreck.''
  Madam Speaker, we must stop the train before the wreck. It's time to 
repeal ObamaCare before it does even more damage to the American 
economy.

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