[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10948]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HEALTH CARE LAW REPEAL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio 
(Mr. Stivers) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, the House and Congress this week should 
pass the health care repeal bill because the President's health care 
bill is making the economy worse.
  I saw a recent poll that said 50 percent of small businesses are less 
likely to hire new employees because of the health care bill. As an 
example, in my district, I spoke to a small business owner who is 
scared to hire his 50th employee because it would subject his company 
to the mandates under the health care law.
  Greg Fortney, who is a small business owner, told me he has great 
concerns about the health care law. He said it would prevent him from 
expanding his operations and giving his employees a chance to grow 
their own businesses. To comply with the health care law, it would take 
all of the profits from his business, his annual profits, just to 
comply.
  We need small business owners focused on creating jobs, not worrying 
about complying with a new mandate.
  And it will tax our families who are struggling. Just last night, on 
a telephone town hall, I heard from a real estate agent who was 
concerned about the 3.8 percent tax on sales of homes that will go into 
effect in January of 2013. On a $100,000 home, that's $3,800, and it 
could make the difference between somebody being able to sell their 
home for a profit and a loss. So this isn't on the gain; this is on the 
net price. It has nothing to do with the health care bill. It was just 
a way to pay for the extra costs in the bill.
  The bottom line is that the health care bill is making the economy 
worse. It's hurting job creators and it's hurting our struggling 
families and hurting real estate values. We need to repeal it and start 
over by focusing on cutting costs in our health care system and 
improving the efficiency. If we have a real crisis in health care, it's 
a crisis of cost.

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