[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 84 (Thursday, June 13, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H3367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
OBAMACARE
(Mr. MULLIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. MULLIN. Mr. Speaker, I stand before you today not only as a
Member of Congress but as a concerned American.
As a country, we cannot continue to ignore ObamaCare's impact on jobs
and small businesses. This past Friday, our Nation witnessed yet
another rise in the unemployment rate. Why is it becoming increasingly
difficult for nearly 12 million Americans to secure jobs?
When you attack a small business, you attack the backbone of our
economy.
American employers are struggling to manage this job-killing health
care law. Health care now tops the concerns facing small business
owners like myself. We will have to make the tough choice of whether to
comply with the health care mandate or to reject it. This is yet
another regulation that is choking our economy at a time when we should
be creating more jobs.
ObamaCare also empowers the scandal-plagued IRS--an agency that, in
2010 alone, administered $17 billion in improper payments to the earned
income tax credit.
Where is the recovery America was promised? It is time we put America
back in business.
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