[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2786]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         OBAMACARE'S LOST JOBS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, last year we were told that ObamaCare would 
create 400,000 jobs ``almost immediately.'' We were further told that 
in the coming years, ObamaCare would create 10 times that amount, 4 
million jobs. A year later, we see that those promises are truly 
hollow.
  In his testimony before the House Budget Committee, CBO Director 
Elmendorf confirmed that the new health care law will reduce employment 
by 800,000 jobs by the end of the decade. ObamaCare will take away the 
current insurance plan for millions of Americans, especially those who 
buy in the individual market or who are in a Medicare Advantage plan. 
All of these people were promised, ``if you like it, you can keep it.''
  On the campaign trail, the President said he would save every 
American family $2,500 a year. Now we know that some American families 
will be paying an additional $2,100 a year. How can the Congress stand 
for this? The only sensible option is to fully repeal ObamaCare and put 
forward better solutions that don't destroy jobs and health care--real 
reform for health insurance.

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