[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 147 (Wednesday, October 16, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about the 
basic concept of fairness.
  In July, the Obama administration announced that it would be 
providing Big Business a 1-year reprieve from having to comply with 
ObamaCare. The White House indicated that this decision was made to 
give employers time to adjust to what the Federal Government was about 
to impose on them: cover your employees with plans that have been 
blessed by Washington, or be fined.
  It was a stunning move, a move some have said was an admission that 
either ObamaCare wasn't ready for prime time or that it was a political 
calculation that employers offloading their employees' health insurance 
would not be rewarded in the 2014 elections. The other possibility is 
that delaying the employer mandate was simply the fair thing to do.
  Mr. Speaker, I would ask the President that if the delay is good 
enough for Big Business, wouldn't it also be fair to delay the 
individual mandate that every American must comply with, or be fined?

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