[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E63]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   SAVE AMERICAN WORKERS ACT OF 2015

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                               speech of

                             HON. AL GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 8, 2015

  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I vehemently oppose H.R. 30, 
wrongfully named the Save American Workers Act of 2015. H.R. 30 does 
not ``save'' American workers, rather it endangers the health insurance 
of up to a million American workers. H.R. 30 would eviscerate and 
emasculate the Affordable Care Act: It raises the threshold of hours 
employees must work before they are eligible for employee-based health 
insurance from 30 to 40.
  Why, Mr. Speaker, would we choose to weaken the Affordable Care Act 
when Gallup reported, on January 7, 2015, that in the last quarter of 
2014 the uninsured rate dropped to a record low of 12.9%? The 
Affordable Care Act is working as it was intended to work, and the 
114th Congress should be working to strengthen and improve it rather 
than weaken and repeal it.
  In closing, Mr. Speaker, passing the Affordable Care Act was the 
right thing to do in 2010 and standing up to defend it is the right 
thing to do today.

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