[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 125 (Friday, September 20, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5772]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
OBAMACARE: THE WORST LEGISLATION IN OUR LIFETIME
(Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute.)
Mr. WILLIAMS. Madam Speaker, 41, 19, 5, and zero. Madam Speaker, the
House has voted 41 times to defund, dismantle, and repeal the
President's disastrous health care law. Nineteen provisions of
ObamaCare have been repealed or delayed. The Obama administration has
delayed five significant provisions of the law. And Harry Reid and the
Senate have not once brought a vote to the Senate floor.
Madam Speaker, as a business owner, I know that businesses don't want
ObamaCare. They are being forced to cut employees and hours. Labor
unions don't want the law. They've unsuccessfully lobbied the White
House to be exempt. Families don't want it. They're seeing their
premiums skyrocket and their current health care plans disappear. Even
IRS agents, tasked with implementing and enforcing the law, don't want
it. IRS Acting Commissioner Daniel Werfel said IRS employees don't want
changes to their health care. And the majority of Americans don't want
it. Everybody is seeking exemptions.
Madam Speaker, today the House will vote for the 42nd time to defund
ObamaCare and keep the government running while the Senate has yet to
act. Now is the time for our Senators to stand up and demand Harry Reid
bring this vote to the floor. America is waiting on them to join us in
our fight to get rid of ObamaCare, the worst legislation in our
lifetime.
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