[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26083]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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             HEALTH CARE TAX HIKES WILL HURT SMALL BUSINESS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, some of the most harmful components of the 
Democrats' proposed government takeover of health care are the heavy 
mandates and taxes placed on business. Under the Democrat bill, small 
businesses are required to offer government-approved insurance or pay 
an 8 percent tax on their entire payroll. This is the mother of all 
mandates. Its effect will be wide-ranging job losses and devastation to 
small businesses. Small businesses cannot handle $800 billion in new 
taxes to pay for a government takeover of health care.
  Small business people are not going to take this lying down. Groups 
like the Chamber of Commerce, that understand the needs of business 
best, have been working hard to illustrate just how harmful the 
Democrat proposals will be to small businesses and communities across 
the country.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to tackle health care reform in a constructive 
way that does not destroy the small business people who make our 
economy work.

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