[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19575]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                HEALTH CARE TAX ON SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

  (Mr. McCAUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to tell you about a 
constituent of mine by the name of Cathy Magill. She represents a 
personal side of this health care debate. Cathy is a small business 
owner in my district; she and her brother own a company that installs 
windows in new homes. In a difficult economy, she now has something 
else to worry about, a new tax she will have to pay if she doesn't 
spend thousands of dollars a year on health insurance for each of her 
employees. They have told her they would rather keep the money in their 
own pockets and pay for health care the way they see fit.
  If the Obama health care reform bill is passed, Cathy told me she 
will have no choice but to fire two of her employees so she can provide 
health insurance for the remaining three.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill is a job killer. We should make health care 
more affordable and accessible to every American, but this is not the 
way to do it. And people like Cathy Magill in my district deserve 
better, and so do the American people.

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