[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 18499-18500]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        JOB-KILLING LEGISLATION

  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to strongly oppose efforts 
by the majority to rush through a misguided health care experiment that 
will greatly increase the already sky-high unemployment in my State. At 
a time when Floridians are facing double-digit unemployment, Congress 
should not be pushing through a government takeover of health care that 
will be paid for by a tax hike on small businesses.
  And a recession nearing double-digit unemployment nationally will 
discourage job growth and creation leading to even higher unemployment 
and people with employer-based health insurance being forced onto the 
government plan. This job-killing tax, combined with the crushing debt 
some in Congress have been piling on our children and grandchildren to 
pay for Big Government programs, will make it much more difficult for 
future generations to succeed.
  I urge my colleagues to reject this small business tax.

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