[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14578-14587]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 3, 2013, the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Mrs. Bachmann) is 
recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to be able to stand in 
the greatest deliberative body in the world and in the well of the 
House of Representatives. It is especially poignant that we are here 
today as Members of this body, because we are looking at an historic 
shift in United States history.
  Next week, Mr. Speaker, not one American will escape the new rules 
and regulatory burden of ObamaCare. We are going to face something 
that's unprecedented in the history of the country, and we already know 
what some of those results will be. We have a law that's absolutely 
unaffordable. Our President told us that we had to hurry, hurry, 
hurry--not even take time to read the bill--because we were going to be 
saving $2,500 per American household if we passed this bill.
  Mr. President, we are already told that the average increase is about 
$3,000 per household--well over a $5,000 difference from what you 
promised us. It's unaffordable, Mr. President. Now we also know it's 
completely unworkable. How do we know that? Because, Mr. President, we 
already know that you have granted 19 different waivers, blockages, 
repeals of ObamaCare. Even your administration--Mr. Speaker, we would 
say to the President--has admitted it's completely unworkable.
  And it's unfair.
  I think this is what galls the American people more than anything. 
How do we know it's unfair? Take a look at the leader of one of the 
largest unions in the United States, one of the advocates for the 
Unaffordable Care Act, as many have called it. James Hoffa, the head of 
the Teamsters Union, calls ObamaCare a nightmare, and he has begged and 
pleaded the President of the United States to back off of ObamaCare 
because he said, in his words, that it is taking away the American 
Dream--what unions have worked for, to build up a 40-hour workweek. We 
are now becoming a part-time Nation so that employers today are looking 
for employees who will work no more than 29-and-a-half hours a week. 
That's a 25 percent reduction in hours for the average American worker, 
let alone the multiple tens of thousands of employees who have already 
been thrown off of their health insurance. That's unfair.
  Finally, it's unpopular.
  Never has ObamaCare enjoyed any popularity, and the President of the 
United States promised his side of the aisle, Don't worry. Just pass 
it.
  In other words, build it, and they will come.
  The bill was passed, and today--just literally days before this bill 
goes into effect--it is more unpopular than ever. If we think it's 
unpopular now, wait until it's fully implemented. As they say, there is 
nothing more expensive than something that is supposed to be free, and 
we are going to find out just how expensive that is.
  We are going to enjoy for the next hour comments from people within 
this body as to what they've heard from the folks back home, what real 
Americans are saying about how this horrific law is going to impact 
their lives.
  I would like to first yield time to the esteemed colleague from the 
State of North Carolina, the Honorable Virginia Foxx, a leader within 
this body.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Minnesota for 
helping to lead this effort today with our other colleague from 
Tennessee and all of our colleagues who are going to be here today.
  I think it's really important that we shed a lot of light on a couple 
of issues that are going to be discussed. They were discussed in the 1 
minutes this morning, and I want to compliment all of our colleagues 
who came down to talk about this problem that we are facing with the 
implementation of this unaffordable, unworkable, unfair, unpopular bill 
that was passed in an unprecedented way, as you said.
  I also think that it's important that we throw light on the issue of 
what happens if our government is shut down. As our colleague, 
Congressman Dent from Pennsylvania, was saying, House Republicans want 
this government to stay open. We have acted to keep the government 
open. We don't want a government shutdown. We voted a week ago to pass 
a continuing resolution in advance of the new fiscal year, which lays 
out how the government will be funded, how the troops will be paid, how 
the parks will remain open, and how day-to-day government operations 
will continue. Yes, we oppose this bill, but we want to keep our 
government running.
  The Democrats in the Senate have yet to pass this legislation to 
protect the American people from a shutdown or from the unfairness of 
ObamaCare. America is waiting for the Senate. Because the clock is 
running, the country is nearing the edge of the 18th government 
shutdown since 1976.
  I want to thank our colleague, particularly Michele Bachmann, for 
calling to our attention the article that ran in The Washington Post 
this week that pointed out the history of government shutdowns. We 
don't believe in government shutdowns on the Republican side, but 
contrary to what our colleagues are trying to say and what the 
President is saying, this is not an issue that has been brought on only 
by Republicans in the past. Government shutdowns have occurred with 
Democrats and Republicans in the White House. They have occurred with 
divided Congresses, with a Congress of one party and a White House of 
the other. They have even occurred when Democrats have controlled both 
the Congress and the White House.
  We don't want to add another chapter to that history, so we have 
asked our colleagues in the Senate to do their part. We know that the 
threat of a shutdown breeds uncertainty and confusion for American 
families when too many are already concerned about how ObamaCare will 
be making unwelcome changes to their health care and making health care 
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been pointed out by several of our colleagues today. So we want the 
Senate to act, to follow the lead of the House and move the country 
away from shutdown and away from ObamaCare. By the way, let's point out 
again that our bill passed with bipartisan support.
  The right step to take is to repeal ObamaCare--at the very least to 
delay ObamaCare--because of the problems that it presents and not shut 
down the government. That's the message Republicans are bringing. 
Unfortunately, it has not been the message that has been out there in 
the media. I am thankful, again, to my colleagues for being here today 
and leading this Special Order to make sure that, at least here, we can 
get that message out.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Thank you to Congresswoman Foxx.
  Thank you for your leadership in this area.
  It's wonderful, I think, to hear from women, and one woman in 
particular is the gentlelady from Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn, who has 
let our Conference know absolutely clearly that 80 percent of all 
health care decisions in this country are made by women, so women, in 
particular, are impacted by this decision because they are at the front 
line of understanding how unaffordable the President's new health care 
plan is, how unfair it's going to be to themselves, to their families, 
to their parents that they often care for, how unworkable it is, and 
how they want to see a positive solution.
  We are not here just to beat up. We are here to make sure that we 
have a positive solution for American families, and it is women whom we 
are very concerned about today.
  So, with that, I would like to yield to the gentlelady from 
Tennessee, Mrs. Marsha Blackburn.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Thank you so much, and I thank the gentlelady for her 
attention on this issue.
  Mr. Speaker, I think each of us wants to thank the leadership for 
allowing us to have time on the House floor and talk directly to the 
American people in order to be certain that they know exactly what is 
in this unaffordable act. We have talked a lot about why we want to 
delay it and defund it and repeal it and replace it, and the importance 
of that.
  As the gentlelady from Minnesota mentioned, one of the problems that 
we hear from women is--guess what?--the cost of insurance is going up. 
The President had said it's going to save you $2,500, and we are 
hearing now that it is going to be going up between $3,000 and $7,500 
per family per year for the cost of insurance. When you look at the 
cost of these exchanges, they're not saving money; it's costing them 
more.
  We are hearing reports of how out-of-pocket expenses are expected to 
escalate. It may be $5,000 or $6,000 per family. The costs are 
escalating in what families are going to be using to pay for health 
care, and because of that, they are looking at us and are saying you 
have to get the costs down.
  There is the impact of ObamaCare on jobs, on the 40-hour workweek, 
which has been such a cornerstone of the American Dream, such a 
cornerstone for hardworking families to be able to support their 
families, to have their children dream big dreams, to educate those 
children, and to send them forward in the world to do their part in 
adding to the greatness of America. That is being attacked by this 
legislation.
  It is, indeed, a law that the American people do not want because 
they can't afford it.
  Go back, and remember where we started with this--and this is one 
thing I hear from women regularly. I had a constituent ask me recently, 
and it reminded me.
  She said, What was the purpose of ObamaCare?
  Supposedly, when all of this great debate started, it was to find a 
pathway for somewhere between 30 and 45 million Americans who did not 
have access to health insurance to have health insurance. What it has 
become is a Federalizing and a nationalizing of 17 percent of the U.S. 
economy. It is turning health care on its head.
  In order to pay for it--Mr. Woodall mentioned the hearing that we had 
in the Budget Committee yesterday--they have taken money out of 
Medicare, which is money that our seniors have earned. They've earned 
that money. They have put it into the Medicare trust fund. ObamaCare 
pulls it out and puts it over here in the ObamaCare pot--$600 billion 
worth. That money was to be there for seniors, for hardworking 
taxpayers. This administration picks it up, and they move it over.
  They are implementing 20 new taxes. Insurance policies, home sales, 
equity--you name it--medical devices are all subject to a tax. Why? 
They've got to find a way to pay for this expensive program that no one 
can afford. All the while, we continue to stay near 8 percent in 
unemployment. We have millions of Americans--23 million Americans--who 
are either unemployed or underemployed, and the Federal Government is 
seeking to take more of their paychecks.

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  This is one of the reasons that about 130 of our colleagues, 
including the gentlelady from Minnesota, have joined me on H.R. 2809, 
which is the legislation that is the 1-year delay of all things 
ObamaCare--all the taxes, the fees, the penalties, the Medicaid 
expansion that our States don't want, the exchanges that are not ready 
to open. Indeed, on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, there 
was another article about another glitch in these exchanges. It's not 
ready for prime time. The smart thing to do is delay it so that we can 
defund, repeal it, and replace it.
  At our Republican Study Committee, we have introduced great 
replacement language, the American Health Care Reform Act. I know that 
others who are waiting to speak are going to talk about this act and 
the ideas we have to give individuals and patients and moms and dads 
more control over their health care. That's what we want, individuals 
able to make their own decisions, not a bunch of bureaucrats sitting in 
a building down on Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C.
  We do not trust those decisions to nameless, faceless, unknown, 
unaccountable bureaucrats. Those decisions should be made by patients 
and doctors. That is what we are fighting for. We are fighting for the 
future of this Nation. We are fighting to make certain that our 
children know the America that we have known: the America that is 
robust and accepting and is welcoming to those that want to dream big 
dreams, welcoming to our children's ideas and concepts to build 
companies, to innovate, to create jobs. That is what we come to the 
floor to fight for. We know an important component of that is to 
prevent the establishment of this program that is going to be difficult 
to get off the books.
  Ronald Reagan told us regularly that ``there is nothing so close to 
eternal life on Earth as a Federal Government program.'' If we have to 
stand here day and night in order to stop this program, let's stop it.
  We continue to invite the President with open hands. We invite him to 
come and meet with us and work with us. We're willing to work with you. 
Let's delay this. Let's do things right. Let's not force on the 
American people, force on top of them a program they have repeatedly 
said, We do not want it; we do not like it; we want it repealed; we 
want it replaced.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. I want to say thank you to the gentlewoman from 
Tennessee for all her passion and vigor and also for the wonderful 
piece of legislation because I think it's a good compromise at this 
point on ObamaCare. And if the truth be told, I think a lot of 
Democrats secretly hope that the gentlelady's bill passes because they 
know this is unworkable.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Will the gentlelady yield?
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Yes, I will yield to the gentlewoman from Tennessee.
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. I think we were all encouraged when we had bipartisan 
agreement and support for delaying both the employer and the individual 
mandate, a vote that we took a month earlier this year, and we were 
encouraged with that.
  That's such an interesting thing. There has never been Republican 
support for this law or the 20,000 pages of

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regulation that is springing up out of this law because it is costing 
us jobs, it's costing us money, and it's causing our hospitals to 
close. And we do have bipartisan agreement that the law is not ready 
for prime time.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. I thank the gentlelady.
  That's exactly right. That's why I say that I think if the truth be 
told, a lot of Democrats are secretly hoping that we can get this 1-
year delay. That's the minimum compromise that we're looking at, 
defunding and delaying for at least 1 year. We want to save the 
American people from the economic misery that's just around the corner.
  I yield to the gentleman from the State of Florida, Florida's Third 
Congressional District, Mr. Ted Yoho.
  Mr. YOHO. I thank my colleague, the gentlelady from Minnesota, my 
home State, for putting this together.
  Mr. Speaker, when I was a lot younger, I remember watching President 
Reagan in the debates with Jimmy Carter. President Reagan once said, 
Now, Jimmy, there you go again. Here we are today, another day, another 
delay by the administration, another example of why the Affordable Care 
Act, or as the President likes to talk about ObamaCare, is not ready 
for prime time.
  Mr. Speaker, if fully implemented, this law was predicted to and is 
crippling our economy; businesses would cut hours, and they are; 
employees would lose benefits, and they are; and families would be 
forced into government-run health care exchanges. It was said by the 
President that if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to 
keep your health care plan. Well, tell that to my constituents who are 
being told by their insurance companies that due to the Affordable Care 
Act, ObamaCare, their current plans will not exist in 2014. Just 
yesterday, we had a Member of this Congress who said that his private 
plan, which he paid for by himself, was canceled within the last month. 
I don't believe he feels that he can keep his same insurance nowadays.
  With all these delays, even supporters of ObamaCare know and now 
realize that this law should have been read before it was passed. If we 
go back to that infamous day, when the then-Speaker at the time said: 
We have to read it to see what's in it. We have to read it to see how 
it's going to work--well, that day is here and we see what's in it, and 
we see how it's not going to work.
  Understand, America, that the people that our government has to sign 
people up on this, they're unskilled in the insurance industry, they're 
unlicensed, they don't have insurance to cover errors and omissions, 
they're unbonded; and we are going to give them our private 
information. I want you to think about that as this law changes and 
goes into effect.
  With your help, we can change it. We changed the dynamics in this 
Congress on the intervention in Syria. The American people stood up and 
your Representatives listened to that. We can do it again if you're 
willing to do that same kind of commitment. We need to get rid of this 
law, and it's now time for our colleagues in the Senate to act. They 
need to act in the best interest of America and not for preserving a 
legacy.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. I thank the gentleman from Florida.
  I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Scott Garrett. He is 
another tireless stalwart that, during the time when we were trying to 
fight, said, This is what's going to happen, is exactly what we're 
about to see transpire before our face. Mr. Scott Garrett from New 
Jersey's District Five made it abundantly clear exactly what was going 
to happen, in terms of the unpopularity, the unfairness, how 
unaffordable it's going to be and how unworkable.
  Mr. GARRETT. I thank the gentlelady.
  I guess I will be speaking for a minute or two on the issue of 
unworkability of what's before us right now.
  Mr. Speaker, I have to remind all of us here that for years now 
Republicans have come to this floor with one main point when it comes 
to health care: that it is our goal, it is our desire, it is our effort 
to make sure that Americans can have affordable health care coverage 
and health care delivery in this country. To that end--I'm not going to 
go into all the details now--in this House, Republicans have offered 
numerous pieces of legislation that would help facilitate that, help 
Americans be able to get health insurance that they're able to afford, 
that would provide them and their families the type and quality of 
health insurance that they need.
  We passed bills like that, and we sent those bills over to the Senate 
where, as I always say, the Senate is where all good bills go to die. 
Those bills never became law. What, of course, did become law is the 
Affordable Health Care Act, also known as ObamaCare.
  I'll speak in just a moment on the issue of its unworkability when it 
comes to the issue of the data hub. It's not really talked about much, 
but it is a crucial element if ObamaCare is going to go forward, and it 
is also one that affects every American's life and their privacy, 
whether you're in an exchange or not.
  Why is that? Because ObamaCare is creating a data hub on every 
American. It will look at and collect and gather together in one place 
all of your personal information, all of your personal health 
information, all of your personal financial information. It will be a 
central location, if you will, for every American's private and 
sensitive information that will be right here in Washington, D.C., for 
the bureaucrats and whoever else may be able to get to it.
  Can Americans really trust this system that has key information about 
your income, about your Social Security number, about your email 
addresses, about your family, about your family's size, about your 
medical records, about what you said, how you checked boxes off at the 
doctor's, your veteran status? The list goes on and on. The answer is 
an emphatic ``no.'' With the ObamaCare data hub, Americans' personal 
information will be shared with a myriad of distinct Federal agencies, 
whether it's over at the Department of Justice, over at Social Security 
with all of your Social Security information, the Department of 
Homeland Security, and also with your veteran information down the 
street at the IRS. We know how secure they are. It will be over at the 
Treasury Department with all their information; Health and Human 
Services with your medical information. It's all going to be sent, come 
October 1, right here to Washington, D.C., and collected through this 
central data hub.
  As I said, we have already witnessed many security breaches over the 
years with numerous government agencies, and the potential now is even 
greater. It's magnified with abuse, and it's staggering. We know in 
addition, besides the abuses by the people themselves who are going to 
be operating it is a problem--just look at NSA--but we also know the 
system will attract outside identity thieves and hackers; and it is 
clear that the system really doesn't do an adequate job in that regard. 
The system has not been fully tested for a security system, so 
therefore, how can it protect Americans' personal records?
  To that end, let me just bring up here a little bit of information. A 
little bit ago, Kay Daly--she is with the Health and Human Services 
Department--an assistant inspector general, told lawmakers at a House 
hearing that the system security plan and risk assessment filed way 
back on July 16 was not made available to the inspector general and to 
her office, which is for a system that is supposed to be opening up in 
just a few days.
  Former Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael Astrue 
noted that the review was done back in July and the AG audit was due on 
August 2. He said:

       There must have been a draft at that point.

  He also observed the hub's development, until he left office, and 
testified during that same hearing:

       I am just not used to the idea that an inspector general 
     comes in and asks an agency for a thing, and they're told no.


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  Well, that is the situation here, and that is why many of us have 
real questions about the security and the testing of it.
  Look, we have witnessed privacy abuses by a myriad of government 
agencies--by the NSA, by the IRS. The list goes on. That same agency 
that targeted various groups--conservative groups, Christian groups, 
pro-Israel groups--they will now be the same ones greatly involved in 
administering this data hub. This ObamaCare data hub will end privacy 
in this country as we know it, and it will grant unprecedented power 
over all U.S. citizens by the government and bureaucrats right here in 
Washington.
  The Obama administration has said that they are delaying the 
employers' responsibility provision of ObamaCare, which is the right 
and responsible thing to do. They should delay every part of ObamaCare 
because it is abundantly clear that the responsible thing to do is to 
stop and delay ObamaCare entirely and stop, most importantly, this 
unprecedented intrusion into every American's private life.

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  Mrs. BACHMANN. I thank the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Scott 
Garrett. He has given a brilliant case on why ObamaCare enjoys a 57 
percent disapproval rate by the American people.
  The privacy security breach is one that I think we can't underscore 
enough. People have been very nervous about disclosures that have come 
out about our government. They are worried about surveillance. What we 
would say is, Baby, you ain't seen nothing yet, because we are about to 
see the largest Federal data hub get underway.
  Because what will this contain? Not only every single American's most 
sensitive, private health information about whether or not you've gone 
to see a psychiatrist or a counselor or what's happened between you and 
your doctor--we don't know yet if even chart notes will be a part of 
this Federal data hub that the doctor writes down about what you told 
them during the private doctor-patient visit.
  We know that somehow this will have to be connected to data that is 
connected with your employment history--where you've worked, for how 
long, how much money you make, whether you are full-time, whether you 
are part-time. This will also somehow have to be connected to your tax 
returns, your most personal private information that no one is supposed 
to have access to.
  All of that will have to come together, together with your family 
relationships. If you're married, if you're not married, who it is 
that's considered a dependent. We have never before seen, in the 
history of the United States, a conflagration and a centralizing of all 
of this personal data in one hub.
  And how can we, the American people, have any level of assurance that 
this data will be secured? In my own home State of Minnesota, just in 
the last several weeks, we had a State Federal employee working in the 
new ObamaCare health care exchanges hit a button, and just like that, 
1,600 Minnesotans' private information, including their Social Security 
numbers, was sent out in a terrible, flagrant security breach. Not only 
that, we've found out that the information, when it was sent from the 
government health insurance site, wasn't even encrypted. It was 
unsecured. It was on an old-fashioned Excel spreadsheet.
  And in my home State of Minnesota, we were, early on, jumping on the 
bandwagon of supporting ObamaCare. So my State has been fully onboard, 
working to implement this as one of the earliest States, and this is 
the lack of security for privacy breaches that we see even in my home 
State.
  That's why we are pleading with the President of the United States: 
Have mercy. Have feeling for people across America who don't want their 
security breached, because once it's done, it can't be undone. Once 
your Social Security number is out there, what do you do? Once people 
know what your income is, what some of your health problems have been, 
what some of your family members' health issues have been, how do you 
reel that back in? As they say in courtrooms, how do you unring a bell? 
That's all we are trying to say today, those of us that are on the 
floor, Republicans. Before it's too late, please, look at these 
problems that have already happened, Mr. President.
  You say you won't negotiate with us? You will negotiate with the 
President of Iran, who is flagrantly producing a nuclear bomb to use 
against our ally Israel and against us? You will negotiate with the 
former head of the KGB and the Soviet Union with the Communist Party, 
Putin, and you won't negotiate with us?
  We are here. It's Friday. It ain't quitting time. We want to talk to 
you, Mr. President. We are here.
  And with that, I yield to the gentleman from the great State of 
Montana, Steve Daines, who is a fabulous new Member of Congress, who 
has been working tirelessly on behalf of the citizens of Montana to 
render to them an affordable, popular, fair health insurance system.
  With that, I yield to the gentleman who is the at-large 
Representative of Montana.
  Mr. DAINES. I want to thank the gentlelady from Minnesota.
  In fact, my family roots in Montana began in Minnesota. My great-
great-grandmother was in Minnesota. She came from Norway and then 
pushed westward. I think she heard the skiing was a little better out 
in Montana and continued westward and homesteaded out there as a widow 
with seven children, just north of Great Falls, Montana.
  Well, every day it seems we hear about yet another aspect of 
ObamaCare that is getting delayed or exempted or ignored. Two months 
ago, it was the employer mandate. A few weeks later, it was announced 
that the administration had delayed a significant consumer protection 
in the law that limits how much people may have to spend on their own 
health care.
  A Washington Post headline from Monday read, ``One week away, 
ObamaCare's small business insurance exchanges not all ready for 
launch.'' And a recent POLITICO story summarizes perfectly what a 
disaster ObamaCare has become:

       The ObamaCare that consumers will finally be able to sign 
     up for next week is a long way from the health plan President 
     Barack Obama first pitched to the Nation.
       Millions of low-income Americans won't receive coverage. 
     Many workers at small businesses won't get a choice of 
     insurance plans right away. Large employers won't need to 
     provide insurance for another year. Far more States than 
     expected won't run their own insurance marketplaces. And a 
     growing number of workers won't get to keep their employer-
     provided coverage.

  With key parts of the President's health care overhaul set to start 
on October 1, one thing is certain to supporters and opponents alike: 
ObamaCare is not ready for prime time. Rather than fulfilling the 
President's promise of, ``If you like your coverage, you can keep it,'' 
ObamaCare has become a tangled web of broken promises, backroom deals, 
with no relief for American families and hardworking taxpayers in 
sight.
  This is no more apparent than with the Office of Personnel 
Management's decision to grant Members of Congress and their staff with 
a special exemption from a provision in ObamaCare. This decision 
demonstrates how deeply broken Washington is, and it unmistakably 
suggests that Congress is focused more on their self-interests than the 
interests of the American people.
  That's why I've signed on to the No Special Deal for D.C. Insiders 
Act and the James Madison Congressional Accountability Act, both of 
which would reverse the OPM rule. It's absolutely unacceptable for 
Washington to impose new burdens and costs upon the American people and 
then carve out special loopholes for itself.
  Until this failed law is fully repealed, Washington must live by the 
same rules that have been forced upon the American people. This train 
wreck of a law will raise health care costs, force businesses to close 
their doors, and hurt Montana's access to quality health care.
  In fact, ObamaCare could increase underlying insurance rates by up to 
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percent for the average 27-year-old Montanan and 149 percent for 40-
year-old Montanans, according to a recent analysis by the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services. And in August, the KULR-8 news 
station in Billings, Montana, reported that, according to a Montana 
health expert:

       It's entirely possible that there will be businesses that 
     go out of business solely because of this law.

  I was in Missoula, Montana, this summer, meeting with local business 
owners who are concerned about how ObamaCare will affect not only their 
businesses but their employees' benefits and access to affordable care. 
``We don't know what to do,'' Opportunity Resources' Carrie Purdy told 
me. She shared how her employees are at risk of having their health 
benefits decrease and premiums increase next year, as Opportunities' 
own projections show an $800,000 increase in insurance costs for 2014 
alone. Unsurprisingly, a recent poll shows that two-thirds of Montanans 
believe that the President's health care law should either be delayed 
or stopped altogether.
  I was elected to represent the people, the people of Montana. Two-
thirds of Montanans say the law should either be delayed or stopped 
altogether. And that is why I am on the floor here today, because this 
is the House of the people. We're the voice of the people, and we are 
standing up against the President's law.
  As Montana's sole Member in the House of Representatives, it is my 
job to ensure the Montana voice is heard, and Montanans are speaking 
loud and clear. Mr. President, why don't we allow individuals to opt 
out for the first year? You cut a deal with businesses to push the 
mandate out for a year. Let the American people opt out, if they so 
choose, for their first year. If they like their health care coverage 
today, let them keep it, as you promised would be the case when you 
pushed for this law a few years ago.
  ObamaCare is deeply flawed. It's a law that hurts Montana, and it 
must be stopped. And I will continue fighting to repeal it, delay it, 
take it apart piece by piece so that Montanans never have to face the 
full consequences of the President's failed health care overhaul.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. I thank the gentleman from Montana.
  We also have Roger Williams from Texas' 25th Congressional District.
  Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, pressure is mounting on President Obama 
and Harry Reid to get rid of ObamaCare. Even Senate Democrats, like Joe 
Manchin, are starting to listen to the people who sent them to 
Congress. Americans don't want the law, Texans don't want the law, and 
my district doesn't want the law. And it's easy to see why.
  This week, a report by the Manhattan Institute revealed that the 
President was lying when he said Americans will see a $2,500 decrease 
in their premiums. The average health care premium in 2013 for a 27-
year-old male was $91. Under ObamaCare, it's $139, a 53 percent 
increase. That's really frightening. This study shows that at least 12 
States will see an approximate 100 percent increase in their premiums, 
many of those far exceeding 100 percent.
  Mr. Speaker, this is one of the worst pieces of legislation in my 
lifetime. It hurts families, it cripples businesses, and it does very 
little to insure those who are uninsured. We can do better.
  The President's so-called signature piece of legislation is 
crumbling, and it's time for a permanent repeal, for today, tomorrow, 
and for all generations to follow. In God we trust.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. I thank the gentleman from Texas' 25th District, Mr. 
Williams.
  We have, also, Mr. Rothfus from Pennsylvania's 12th. Mr. Rothfus, 
thank you for joining us today.
  Mr. ROTHFUS. I thank the gentlelady from Minnesota for yielding and 
organizing this important discussion.
  I have been hearing a lot from the folks back home. Robert from the 
North Hills of Pittsburgh wrote to us:

       When Congress debated the health care law under original 
     objective of health care reform, we thought that meant 
     control and reduction of health care costs. We were wrong.

  Stephanie from the North Hills said:

       Add us to the statistics of those who can't keep our 
     insurance plans or doctors. Our family is being kicked off 
     our health care plan and is being forced into the exchanges.

  Mark from Somerset County said:

       Defunding ObamaCare is a great first step. But the next 
     step is total repeal, and I urge you to work toward that goal 
     at every opportunity.

  His premiums are going up 43 percent.
  Francis from Beaver County:

       My hours were reduced to 29 per week. And now I've been 
     informed by my employer that I can't participate in the 
     corporate health insurance plan because ObamaCare prohibits 
     it.

  Paul from Cambria County works in an auto parts store. His annual 
costs are going up 16 percent.
  These problems weren't supposed to happen. The President guaranteed 
that if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. You know, when 
you buy a product with a guarantee that doesn't work, you take it back 
to the store and you get a refund.
  The good news is there's a new product that we can shop for. Last 
week, we introduced the American Health Care Reform Act. It's the new 
product. This proposal would lower health care costs by allowing 
Americans to purchase coverage across State lines and enabling small 
businesses to pool together to increase their buying power. It provides 
tax fairness for people who purchase their own insurance and provides 
the same tax benefit as those who get insurance through their employer. 
It provides tax credits for people who purchase their own insurance.
  And, importantly, and if there's one thing that you have to remember, 
unlike ObamaCare, which penalizes you with taxes, it gives you a tax 
benefit. You are rewarded if you buy insurance, not penalized.
  Also, importantly, the American Health Care Reform Act provides 
significant funding for State-based high-risk pools, a place where 
individuals with preexisting conditions can obtain health coverage when 
doing so would otherwise have been unaffordable. And it does so without 
increasing costs on those who currently have insurance.
  It is time for a new beginning. It's time for bipartisan health care 
reform and for that discussion to begin. It's time to bring Republicans 
and Democrats together for real solutions.
  As President Kennedy once said:

       Let's not seek the Republican answer. Let's not seek the 
     Democrat answer. But let's seek the right answer.

  We know that ObamaCare is the wrong answer.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. I thank the gentleman.
  We have with us the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, Mr. 
Steve Scalise, from the great State of Louisiana.
  Mr. SCALISE. I thank the gentlelady from Minnesota for her leadership 
on claiming this time but also for all she's done to point out--and I 
think, Mr. Speaker, as every day goes by, more and more Americans are 
finding out just how devastating the President's health care law is to 
their families.
  The President likes mocking Republicans who have said we want to 
stand up and find a better way. We don't think this law is workable. 
We've had 41 laws, the President has bragged and mocked, 41 laws to 
repeal or defund portions of the law.

                              {time}  1200

  Mr. Speaker, President Obama himself has actually signed seven of 
those bills into law. President Obama has recognized his bill is so 
unworkable that he issued 1,400 waivers to his friends who could find 
access to the White House.
  Then he said, okay, the employer mandate's so bad, I'll give a break 
to big businesses because it's so unworkable.
  Then, just a few weeks ago, President Obama himself, Mr. Speaker, 
said that he was going to actually go and give a big break to insurance 
companies. But you know who we haven't given a break to yet? American 
families.
  Hardworking American families deserve the same relief from the 
President's health care law that he has granted, time and time again, 
to the privileged few who can get access to

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the White House. That's not how democracy is supposed to work. That's 
not how health policy is supposed to work.
  This law is so unworkable that the heads of labor unions, including 
James Hoffa, of all people, have said that this bill, the President's 
health care law, will be a disaster to middle class working families 
and will destroy the 40-hour work week that's the foundation of our 
Nation's economy.
  We want to give that same break to him. We want to give that same 
break to all American families, and that's what this fight all about. 
It's a fight to ensure that government continues to get funded, while 
also providing the same relief from the President's health care law 
that he already has said he wants to give, but just to the chosen few 
who can get access to the White House.
  If it's so good for everybody, it should apply to everybody. But if 
it's so bad, it shouldn't be Swiss cheese holes that you carve out to 
exempt your friends; it should be an exemption for all American 
families. That's what we're fighting.
  Again, I thank the gentlelady from Minnesota.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. That's a wonderful rendition, and I appreciate the 
gentleman from Louisiana.
  I now yield to Representative LaMalfa from California's First 
Congressional District.
  Mr. LaMALFA. I greatly appreciate the gentlelady from Minnesota for 
her efforts here and for the great lady she is.
  Mr. Speaker, again, here we are, discussing an issue where this has 
taken away choices from the American people.
  Now, as promised, we saw the President himself say, if you like your 
health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. 
No one will take it away.
  One of my colleagues on this floor yesterday, counter to that, said 
how he had had his plan canceled as of the end of this year. People all 
over this country are now starting to get cancellations on their health 
care insurance plan that they've chosen with their families, around 
their kitchen table, probably agonized over how they're deciding to 
afford it, what level of deductible, what kind of coverage they're 
going to have. And that's being swept away by what really feels, to a 
lot of people--a lot of my constituents are telling me it feels like a 
very oppressive plan that's being pushed upon them.
  It's really unbelievable in the United States of America that you can 
be forced into being a part of this system. It blows my mind that the 
Supreme Court would agree and rule that people should be forced into 
purchasing something of this personal choice.
  We talked a little bit earlier about how people's privacy is going to 
be so greatly affected by all this information being dumped into a 
pool, and government bureaucrats are going to be in charge of that. 
Look at the leaks we've already seen with other people's information 
being leaked out by the NSA, or things accidentally put on the Internet 
by who knows all the different agencies involved.
  Yet, this is going to manage one-seventh of our economy, and a very 
important, very personal thing with people's health and their family's 
health care. I really, really shudder to think--if this measure cannot 
be slowed down or stopped by the efforts we're doing in the House and 
in the next few days around here, it's going to be devastating to 
people's personal choices, to the economy, to their jobs.
  Look at the part-time jobs that are being made out of full-time jobs 
because people have to react. There are true costs to what the Obama 
health care takeover is going to do to the people of this country, 
their families, their livelihood.
  So that's why we dig in so hard to do this. This isn't politics for 
us. No, it isn't. It's about doing the right thing for the American 
people. A document that really was not well-read or well-vetted, done 
here just about three or four short years ago here, now is coming home 
to roost, in its ineptness, in its incompleteness and the overall 
oppression it's causing for Americans who are feeling that they're out 
of choices.
  In my own home area, for example, people had up to approximately 130 
different choices of health care plans through 8 to 10 different 
providers. They will be limited to two in my part of northern 
California, with maybe 8 to 10 total plans that they can choose from.
  And the way this is rolling out right now, you might get only one 
plan if you're in certain sectors for perhaps a full year. How is this 
improving anything?
  How is this making health care more affordable, more options, more 
anything?
  We've got to repeal this. But, in the meantime, at the very least, we 
ask our colleagues in the Senate to not strip out the provision we put 
in place that would allow for a 1-year delay, which is the least we 
would need, as a country, to see something made better than what it is 
right now.
  Exemptions, one after the other, are being dropped on us. And why do 
people that work in the public sector want exemptions if this is such a 
great plan? Pretty soon there'll be nobody left in it except for the 
taxpayers themselves.
  So I thank you for the time. I thank my colleague, Mrs. Bachmann, for 
allowing this time here today. And let's do the right thing here the 
next few days in this Congress.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Thank you, Representative LaMalfa, for all of your 
hard work on defunding and delaying ObamaCare.
  We have next with us Mr. Culberson from Texas' Seventh Congressional 
District, who has been tireless, especially in the area of keeping 
government fully funded.
  I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Culberson).
  Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, I think it's important for the country to 
know that the House of Representatives has done its job in passing the 
most important appropriations bills to make sure that our military is 
fully funded, that our veterans are taken care of, that the essential 
functions of Homeland Security are taken care of.
  In fact, we passed those bills. The Defense bill out of the House on 
July 24, the Homeland Security bill was passed on June 6, and the 
Military Construction and Veterans appropriations bill was passed on 
June 4. We've also passed out of the House the Energy and Water 
appropriations bill. And the Senate has been sitting on these bills for 
over 90 days.
  Mr. Speaker, the President has very few responsibilities set out in 
the Constitution. One of those specific responsibilities is Commander-
in-Chief. And it's been reported that the President recently said that 
the troops in the field might not be paid unless the CR was passed.
  Well, the Senate has had these bills for over 90 days. And I think it 
does not--how does that reflect on the Office of the President, for the 
Commander-in-Chief to say that the troops are not going to be paid, 
when, in fact, we've already passed the legislation out of the House--
and the Senate's been sitting on it for over 90 days--to make sure the 
troops are paid?
  We, in the House of Representatives, the constitutional conservative 
majority in the House, are keeping our word to the Nation and to our 
constituents to do everything in our power to defund, repeal, delay, 
whatever it takes to stop the most destructive piece of legislation 
ever passed by this Congress.
  And I don't think it should be called ObamaCare. It should be called 
``DemocratCare'' because it was done with 100 percent Democrat support. 
Not a single Republican voted for it because we recognized the damage 
it would do to the economy and to our magnificent health care system.
  The Democrats passed this bill on their own and, all of a sudden, 
they're discovering, as the asteroid enters the atmosphere, they've got 
a big problem because it is causing doctors to leave the profession. 
It's driving up the cost of health insurance premiums. It's raising 
deductibles. People are losing their health insurance and being dropped 
into these nonexistent exchanges.

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  One other problem that I just discovered and that no one is, I think, 
aware of yet, are nonprofit organizations who have been lifting people 
out of homelessness or addiction and giving them job skills and 
training them, and they find local employers that are willing to take 
these folks and give them a clean slate, a fresh start, and a new job, 
and it would wipe out any convictions they've had. They wipe out any 
history they've got of drug addiction.
  These nonprofit organizations have suddenly discovered that the 
employers are pulling up the drawbridge because, all of a sudden, the 
employer could be faced with--he's got to decide, as an employer, do I 
have to provide health care coverage for this, essentially, volunteer, 
this worker who was previously homeless and had no job skills, and I 
could be fined for every employee in the company.
  So the disasters continue to unfold. It's urgent the House of 
Representatives--we will all, I know--stand together working and doing 
everything we can to repeal, delay, defund ``DemocratCare,'' using 
every legislative tool at our disposal.
  I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota for the time.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. I am extremely grateful to Representative Culberson. I 
know his daughter, Caroline, is the most precious part of his life, as 
our daughter, Caroline, is as well. And as a gentleman from Texas, I 
know it's his daughter that he's most concerned about with the ill 
effects of this bill.
  I yield now to another great Texan, Randy Weber, from the great State 
of Texas, from the 22nd District of Texas.
  Mr. WEBER. I thank the gentlelady.
  Mr. Speaker, four facts, one question.
  Fact 1: ObamaCare passed the House by the House Democrats, 219 of 
them. Now, 34 Ds joined Republicans in opposition. Let us see how many 
join on funding the government with the upcoming CR.
  Fact 2: Republicans are poised to fund everything in the government 
at the current levels, and are eager to do so.
  Fact 3: Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly do not want 
ObamaCare.
  Fact 4: This House of Representatives is the keeper of the purse, as 
designed in the Constitution, and it's well within our authority to 
defund the ill-conceived and very unpopular government takeover of 
health care.
  Only one question, Mr. Speaker: Will those same Democrats that voted 
for ObamaCare vote with the American people this time, and will the 
Senate vote with the American people this time?
  I'm Randy Weber, and that's the way I see it.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. I thank Randy Weber from Texas. Texans have stood up 
on this issue, and they've been fighting from the very beginning.
  But there's also another Member, who's a new Member of Congress, Mr. 
Kerry Bentivolio. Kerry Bentivolio, from Michigan's 11th District, has 
diligently worked not only to defund ObamaCare but to delay ObamaCare. 
He ran on that when he ran for office, and he has fulfilled that 
promise while he's been a Member of Congress.
  I yield to the gentleman from Michigan's 11th District, Mr. Kerry 
Bentivolio.
  Mr. BENTIVOLIO. I thank the gentlelady from Minnesota. That's to 
defund or delay.
  Mr. Speaker, the President's health care law is unworkable. 
Hardworking Americans know it. They're going to see their insurance 
premiums skyrocket.
  Small business owners know it. They're going to have to scale back 
hiring, and maybe even let people go.
  People in the President's own party know it. Even Senator Baucus from 
Montana, a key author of the legislation, called it a train wreck not 
long ago.
  The unions know it. Teamsters' James Hoffa calls it a nightmare 
because of the jobs and benefits lost. Why?
  Because, despite the President saying the law is working the way it's 
supposed to, we know it's not working at all. That's why House 
Republicans remain committed to protecting the American people from 
this unworkable, unfair law.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. I thank Mr. Bentivolio.
  I yield now to Scott Tipton from Colorado's Third Congressional 
District, a fabulous Member of Congress.
  Mr. TIPTON. I thank the gentlelady for her leadership.
  Mr. Speaker, the Affordable Care Act missed on its primary goal, 
addressing affordability and accessibility for the American people.
  Probably no one said it better than the AFL-CIO just a few weeks ago, 
saying that the Affordable Care Act will lead to the destruction of the 
40-hour work week, and will devastate the health and well-being of 
their members.
  There was a time in America when we worked to be able to get a 40-
hour work week. Now, Americans just want to have a 40-hour work week.
  We know there is a problem with the health care law when we're seeing 
fewer doctors, fewer nurses, fewer hospital beds, but yet we have the 
room to be able to create more IRS enforcers.
  This is legislation that we're reaching out to the administration to 
be able to work on. To be able to create affordability and 
accessibility, we must defund and replace this broken piece of 
legislation on behalf of the American people.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Thank you, Representative Tipton.
  From the Rocky Mountains all the way to the great State of New York, 
I yield to Mr. Tom Reed, a fabulous Member of Congress from New York's 
22nd Congressional District.
  Mr. REED. I thank the gentlelady for yielding.
  I came here today on the floor of this Chamber, Mr. Speaker, and I 
just dropped the Fair CR. And what the Fair CR says is, let's listen to 
the American people. Let us delay ObamaCare for at least 1 year.
  The President has already given business a pass for 1 year. Why is it 
fair that individuals and hardworking taxpayers have to be subject to 
this mandate?
  Also, what's fair is, why are there special exemptions for Members of 
Congress and employees and staffers here in Washington, D.C.? You've 
got 300 million other Americans that have to be subject to this law.
  It's just not right. It's just not fair. It's time to keep the 
government open but do what's right and listen to the American people 
and take care of this unfair policy that the administration knows needs 
to stop.
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Representative Tom Reed has gone to the heart of this 
problem, which is the lack of fairness in ObamaCare. And speaking to 
that is Representative Ted Poe of the great State of Texas. After 
myself, my mother's favorite Member of Congress is Ted Poe, our hero.
  I yield to the representative from the great State of Texas (Mr. 
Poe).
  Mr. POE of Texas. I thank the gentlewoman, and I thank your mother 
for being so kind. I appreciate the fact that you're bringing this to 
the attention of the American public and to Members of Congress again.
  The Affordable Care Act, it's not affordable, and it has nothing to 
do with care. We cannot afford it, and it's the health care of the 
Nation now turned over to the government.
  Are you kidding me?
  That's why we are so persistent in trying to change a bad decision by 
Congress, the Affordable Care Act.
  So this morning, I asked people that are on my Facebook to answer 
this question: How's ObamaCare affecting you and your business?
  Share your story with me.
  Well, I got a lot of them, and I can't give them all today.

                              {time}  1215

  Here's what Stan says:

       I lost my job and had to take one with lower pay and no 
     insurance, as a result of ObamaCare.

  Carolyn says:

       My husband's insurance increased 162 percent.

  The gentlelady from Minnesota knows these are real people. These 
aren't statistics out there in the fruited plain. These aren't theories 
by

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the President. These are real people who are affected by the 
President's signature legacy nightmare law.
  Ray says:

       My family didn't get a congressional exemption. Can you get 
     me one?

  Ray, good point. Members of Congress ought to be under the same laws 
as everybody else in the country. Everybody ought to be under 
ObamaCare.
  And he brings out a good point. I have here 729 exemptions of the 
over 1,200 that were granted by the President for waivers of ObamaCare. 
I would have had all 1,200 but the copy machine ran out of paper so I 
couldn't print them all.
  But here are 729 special folks, special treatment, better deal, 
because they're not under ObamaCare. They get some kind of waiver for 
implementation of ObamaCare. And Ray is right: it's just not right. It 
discriminates against everybody else. This great law gets to apply to 
everybody except some special folks the President gives waivers to--at 
least 729.
  After Ray's comment about a congressional exemption, I can't get you 
one, Ray. You need to call the President.
  Michael says:

       I have to postpone my graduation from the University of 
     Houston because I cannot take the courses I need due to 
     having to work to pay for mandatory health insurance.

  Tonya says:

       My family's insurance premiums have tripled since ObamaCare 
     was signed into law. I'm not sure how much longer I'll be 
     able to keep it.

  Tonya's tripled.
  Pam says:

       The huge chemical company my husband works for has made 
     changes to his benefits package, which include higher 
     deductibles, copays, and loss of some prescription drug 
     benefits, all done in anticipation of this new law. Please 
     help.

       URGENT: I want to hear from you. How has #Obamacare 
     affected your family or business? Share your story by 
     commenting on this post & #MakeDClisten
       Stan: I lost my job and had to take one with lower pay and 
     no ins.
        Carolyn: ``My husband's insurance increased 162%.''
       Ray: ``My family didn't get a congressional exemption, can 
     you get me one?''
       Michael: ``I am having to postpone my graduation from UH 
     because I cannot take the courses I need due to having to 
     work to pay for mandatory health insurance.''
       Tonya: ``My families insurance premiums have tripled since 
     Obamacare was signed into law. I'm not sure how much longer I 
     will be able to keep my insurance.''
       Pam: ``The HUGE chemical company my husband works for has 
     made changes to his benefits package, which include higher 
     deductibles, copays, and loss of some prescription drug 
     benefits. All done in anticipation of the implementation of 
     the health care act the Pres and Dems are forcing on us! He 
     works hard, I am a public school teacher, and we want to send 
     our daughter to her dream school upon graduation this year: 
     The University of Texas. More coming out of our pockets for 
     health ins, means less available for college! Please help''
       Kristy: ``Family business has had a 47% increase in cost to 
     company since Obamacare was passed. Want to provide the same 
     benefits to employees, but the increase amounts to the annual 
     salary of employee. Will have to cut somewhere.''
       David: ``I am a US/Texas citizen, living in Bahrain/
     residence in Bahrain. My employer provides my insurance in 
     Bahrain. I am told I have to buy a US policy are pay a 
     penalty.''
       Huckleberry: ``I expect my health insurance to double. The 
     provider has extended my renewal date till dec 1st as they 
     are waiting to see what congress is going to do.''
       Teddy: ``My fiancee went from 40-plus hours a week to 27 
     hrs because her employer said they had to in order to avoid 
     penalties from obamacare. My sister has been told that her 
     test and some of medicines for her MS will not be covered 
     because obamacare mandates say she is no longer going to be a 
     `viable' person at the age of 50.''
       Linda: ``I'm feeling the pain of Obamacare today. My 
     doctor's office told me this morning that my insurance 
     company will no longer cover a procedure for my knee. I will 
     now have to pay $1,080 out of pocket. Asked if this was a 
     result of Obamacare, she replied in the positive.''
       24 Hour Fitness, Allied Building Inspectors IUOE Local 211 
     Welfare Fund, Alpha Omega Home Health, LLC, Andersen 
     Corporation, Bowman Sheet Metal Heating & Air-conditioning, 
     Bricklayers Insurance & Welfare Fund, Bridge, Structural, 
     Ornamental & Reinforcing Ironworkers Local Union No. 60*, 
     Carey Johnson Oil Co, Inc, Catholic Charities of the Diocese 
     of Albany*, Cement Masons' Local No. 502 Welfare Fund, City 
     of Bloomington VEBA Health Savings Plan*, City of 
     Burnsville*, City of Olathe*, Clausen Miller PC.
       Crystal Run Village, Inc*, Delta Apparel, Discovery 
     Benefits*, Dr. Trailer Repair, Inc., Employer-Teamsters Local 
     Nos. 175 & 505 Health and Welfare Fund, Entrust, Fabri-Quilt, 
     GC Harvesting, Inc., Glen Curtis, Inc. #2143, Heritage 
     Christian Services, IBEW Local 3 NYC Electrical Division 
     Health & Welfare Fund, Indiana Area UFCW Union Locals and 
     Retail Food Employers' Health and Welfare Plan.
       Ingham County, Innovative Driver Services Company, 
     Integrity Data*, Inter-County Hospitalization Plan, Inc., 
     Jakov P. Dulcich & Sons, Jefferson Rehabilitation Center, JLG 
     Harvesting, Inc., Johnson Machine Works, Kent County, 
     Laborers' District Council of Virginia Health and Welfare 
     Trust Fund, Laborers National Health and Welfare Fund, Local 
     1245 Health Fund, Local 237 Teamsters Suffolk Regional Off-
     Track Betting Corp. Health and Welfare Trust Fund.
       Local 295 Welfare Fund, Local 381 Group Insurance Fund, 
     Local 805 Welfare Fund, Marble Industry Trust Fund, McGregor 
     Schools ISD #4*, MJ Soffe, MO-Kan Teamsters and Welfare Fund, 
     Mounds View Public Schools*, MVP, North State Bank, North 
     States Industries Inc*, Pathways Inc., Pavers and Road 
     Builders District Council Welfare Fund, Phoenix Children's 
     Academy, Roofers Local 8 Insurance & Trust Fund.
       San Bernardino IHSS Public Authority, SCC Healthcare Group, 
     LLP, Schenectady ARC*, Schoharie County ARC*, Sieben Polk Law 
     Firm, Sitel, Inc., Southern Graphic Communication Health 
     Fund, Springbrook Standalone HRA*, St. Lawrence NYSARC*, 
     Sunview Vineyards of California, Inc., Tandem Eastern Inc. / 
     Consolidated Transport Systems, Inc., Taylor Farms, Teamsters 
     Union Local # 35, The Day Care Council/Council of Supervisors 
     and Administrators Welfare Fund.
       The Public Authority of San Luis Obispo County, The 
     University Financing Foundation, Inc., The Village of Newark 
     Non-Union Employee Plan*, Theatrical Stage Employees Local 
     One, Tuff Shed, Inc., U.A. Local 13 & Employers Group 
     Insurance Plan*, UFCW & Participating Food Industry Employers 
     Tri-State Health & Welfare Fund, UFCW Local 1500 Welfare 
     Fund, UFCW Local One Health Care Fund, Ulster Greene ARC*, 
     Westminster-Canterbury of Lynchburg, Wine and Liquor Salesmen 
     of NJ, A-1 Transport, AIDS Council of Northeastern New York, 
     Avon Central School District,
       Azeros Health Plans, Inc.*, Benton County*, Bessey Tools, 
     Inc., Canandaigua City Schools*, City of Eagan*, City of 
     Shakopee Post-Employment Health Care Savings Account Plan *, 
     Community Work and Independence Inc., Continuing 
     Developmental Services, Crystal Cabinet Works, Inc., 
     CU*Answers, Inc., Euromarket Designs, Inc., d/b/a Crate and 
     Barrel, First National Bank of Dietrerich, Franziska Racker 
     Centers*, Fridley Public Schools Health Savings Plan*, FSA/
     SUNYAB-Campus Dining and Shops, Genesee County ARC*.
       Genesee County Economic Development Corp Health 
     Reimbursement Account*, Grand Island Central School 
     District*, Hammondsport Central School District, Imperial 
     Wholesale, Inc., Learning Disabilities Association of Western 
     New York, Minnesota State Retirement System Post-Employment,
       Health Care Savings Plan--City of Roseville*, Naples 
     Central School District, Naples Central School District 
     Support Staff, Newark Central School District, Niagara-
     Wheatfield CSD Self Funded, Panama Central School District, 
     People 1st Health Strategies, Inc., Pipe Fitters' Welfare 
     Fund, Local 597*, Ron Clark Construction Health reimbursement 
     Arrangement*.
       Sherman Central School District, Silver Creek Central 
     School District*, Sodus Central School District, Telco 
     Construction, Town of Albion, Town of Chenango, Town of 
     Lockport, Twin City Die Casting*, Western Area Volunteer 
     Emergency Services*, Westfield Academy*, Williamson Central 
     School District, American Radio Association Plan, Carpenters 
     Health and Security Trust of Western Washington, Communicare 
     Health Benefits Trust, District Council 1707 Local 389 Home 
     Care Employees Health & Welfare Fund.
       Health and Welfare Plan of the Laundry, Dry Cleaning 
     Workers & Allied Industry Health Fund, Workers United, 
     Northern Illinois and Iowa Laborers Health and Welfare Fund, 
     Prell Services, United Food and Commercial Workers Retail 
     Employees and Employers Health and Welfare Plan, A-1 Realty*, 
     AABR*, ABCO Diecasters*, Alfred P. Sloan*, Alizio & Galfunt*, 
     All American Heating and AC*, Allied Pilots Association, 
     Amherst Central School District*, AristaCare at Meadow 
     Springs*, Arthur Sanderson & Sons*, Associated General 
     Contractors of ND Employees*, Autistic Service, Inc.*
       Bartech Group, Basf Fuel Cell, Inc.*, Battery Park City 
     Authority*, Battery Park City Conservancy*, Benefit Analysis 
     Inc.*, Blaze SSI*, Blue Beacon, Board of Trustees for the 
     Operating Engineers Local 101, Health and Welfare Fund, 
     Business Wire*, Cargo Ventures*, Carnegie Corporation of NY*, 
     Carpenters Local No. 491 Health & Welfare Plan, Central 
     Laborers' Welfare Fund, Central States, Southeast and 
     Southwest

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     Areas Health and Welfare Fund, City of Cottage Grove*, City 
     of Inver Grove Heights*, City Of Roseville MN*.
       Clinton Management*, Cloquet Area Fire Department*, Cohen 
     Partners*, Community Bank of Bergen County*, Community 
     Mainstreaming*, Contract Cleaners Service Employees Benefit 
     Trust, Cornerstone Search Group*, D & D Ag Supply and 
     Construction, Inc.*, Dial Senior Management, Inc, Douglaston 
     Development*, Dr. Margaret Andrin, MD FACOG LLC*, Dynasil 
     Corporation*, Echo Molding*, Eighth District Electrical 
     Benefit Fund, Electrical Workers Health and Welfare Fund, 
     Enterprise Concrete Products, LLC Texas.
       Epilepsy Foundation*, Epilepsy Foundation Northeastern New 
     York*, Evans Chemetics*, Excellus Health Plan, Fairport 
     Central School District*, Goodwill Industries of Central 
     Indiana, Gregory Packaging*, Gulf Coast Health Care, 
     Handcraft Manufacturing Corporation*, Haver Analytics Health 
     Waiver*, Health Care Employees Dental and Medical Trust, 
     Hiawatha Medical, Inc.*, Highfield Gardens Care Center*, 
     Hirsch International*, Hotel, Restaurant & Bar Employees 
     Health and Welfare Fund.
       Hypex Inc.*, IBEW Local Union No. 126 Health and Welfare 
     Fund, International Union of Operating Engineers, 
     Supplemental Benefit Fund Local 409*, Interstate Connecting 
     Components*, Jacobson Family Investments*, J-B Wholesale Pet 
     Supplies*, JKL International*, Jump, Scutellaro, and Co., 
     LLP*, KC International dba Ekman Recycling*, Kerwin 
     Communications*, Kingstown Capital Management*, Koellman Gear 
     Corporation*, Kramer Electronics*, Lakeview Subacute Care 
     Center*, Langan Engineering and Financial Services, Inc.*, 
     LBDD*, League of Minnesota Cities*, Leisure Properties LLC d/
     b/a/ Crownline Boats*.
       Liberty House Nursing Home*, Lifetime Assistance, Inc*, 
     Lincoln Hall*, Local 888 UFCW, Maharishi University of 
     Management, Mamiya America Corporation*, Mandt Reiss & 
     Associates PLLC, Margaret P. Muscarelle Child Dev. Center*, 
     Merrill Farms LLC, Micelli Motors, Inc.*, Midwest Asphalt 
     Corporation*, Midwest Teamsters, Monroe County*, Nassau 
     County Chapter, NYSARC, Inc*, NCHC, Inc.*, New York State 
     Assn. for Retarded Children Erie Co.
       Chapter dba/Heritage Centers*, NJ Society of CPAs*, North 
     Greece Fire District*, Northern Minnesota-Wisconsin Area 
     Retail Food Health & Welfare Fund, Ogontz Avenue 
     Revitalization Corporation*, Parkview Care and Rehab*, PCB 
     Machining Solutions*, PCB Piezotronics*, Philadelphia 
     Macaroni Company*, Phoenix Partners Group, LP*, Privilege 
     Underwriters, Inc.*, Progressive AE*, Quadrant Capital 
     Advisors, Inc.*, Regency Management Group, LLC*, Rhoads 
     Industries*, Roofers Local #96 Health & Welfare Fund.
       Rowe and Company, Inc.*, Rush-Henrietta Central School 
     District HRA*, Security Benefit Fund of the Uniformed 
     Firefighters Association of New York City, SEIU Health and 
     Welfare Fund, 2000 Seneca Cayuga ARC*, Service Employees 32BJ 
     North Health Benefit Fund*, Sierra Video Systems*, SMEG*, 
     Strategic Industries*, Superior Officers Council Health and 
     Welfare Fund, Teamsters Local Union 966 Health Fund, Techno 
     Source USA*, The Alternative Living Group, Inc.*, The Arc of 
     Otsego (Otsego County Chapter NYSARC, Inc.)*, The Arc of 
     Rensselaer County*, The City of Cloquet*, The Henry Luce 
     Foundation*, The Maritime Aquarium of Norwalk, Inc.*
       The Pew Charitable Trusts*, The Rehabilitation Center*, The 
     Robert Wood Johnson Foundation*, Topco*, Totino Grace High 
     School*, Urstadt Biddle Properties*, W.H. Reaves & Co., 
     Inc.*, Walder, Hayden & Brogan, PA*, Walters-Morgan 
     Construction, Inc., Wellspring Advisors*, West Bergen Mental 
     Healthcare*, Westchester ARC*, Westchester JCS*, Western 
     Beef*, Hollow Metal Trust Fund. Theatrical Teamsters Local 
     817 IBT Welfare Fund.
       Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., AccessAbility, 
     Inc., Ackerman Oil Employee Benefit Trust, Albany County 
     Chapter, NYSARC Inc., DBA New Visions of Albany*, American 
     Eagle Outfitters, Basin Disposal, Bengard Ranch, Inc., 
     Bestway Rental, Inc, Big Lots, Inc., Byrd Harvest, Inc., 
     Cardinal Hayes Home for Children HRA Plan*, CDS 
     Administrative Services, LLC, Center for Energy and 
     Environment*, City of Brooklyn Park*, D'Arrigo Bros. Co. of 
     California, Defender Services, Inc., DineEquity, Inc.
       Green Leaf Distributors, Inc., IBEW Local Union No. 728 
     Family Healthcare Plan, Joseph Gallo Farms, Life Benefit 
     Plan, Luther Automotive Group HRA*, Metrics Inc., Nueces 
     County Appraisal District, Ocean Properties Ltd, P-R Farms, 
     Inc., SEIU Health & Welfare Fund, Sports Arena Employees' 
     Local 137 Welfare Fund, Staywell Saipan Basic Plan, Truck 
     Drivers and Helpers Local 355 Health and Welfare Fund, 
     Communications Workers of America, Local 1180 Security 
     Benefits Fund, Health and Welfare Fund of the Detectives' 
     Endowment Association, Inc. Police Department City of New 
     York.
       Man-U Service Contract Health and Welfare Fund, Paschall 
     Truck Lines, Inc., SEIU Local 300, Civil Service Forum 
     Employees Welfare Fund, Electrical Welfare Trust Fund, 
     Highmark West Virginia Inc. d/b/a Mountain State Blue Cross 
     Blue Shield, Advocacy and Resource Center*, Amalgamated, 
     Industrial and Toy & Novelty Workers of America, Local 223 
     Sick Benefit Fund, Atlanta Plumbers & Steamfitters Fringe 
     Benefit Funds.
       Aurora Consulting Group, Inc.*, Brock Enterprises, Inc., 
     Central Texas Health and Benefit Trust Fund Locals 520, 60 & 
     72, Electricians Health, Welfare & Pension Plans I.B.E.W. 
     Local Union No. 995, Essex County Chapter NYSARC, Inc. dba 
     Mountain Lake Services*, Executive Management Services, Inc.
       Florida Laborers Health Fund, Fulton County Chapter NYSARC, 
     Inc.*, General Parts, LLC*, Greystone Program, Inc*, Hacienda 
     Harvesting, Inc., IBEW Local No. 640 and Arizona Chapter NECA 
     Health & Welfare Trust Fund, Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie, 
     Louisiana Electrical Health Fund, Maverick, Inc. Employee 
     Health Care Benefits Plan, Memphis Construction Benefit Fund, 
     Mid-South Carpenters Regional Council Health and Welfare 
     Fund, Mountain Lake Services, NECA-IBEW Local 480 Health and 
     Welfare Plan, Plumbers and Pipefitters Welfare Fund of Local 
     Union No. 719.
       Retiree Plan of the Central States, Southeast and Southwest 
     Areas Health and Welfare Fund, Richmond Community Services*, 
     Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 177 Health and Welfare, Pension 
     and Vacation Funds, Sheet Metal Workers' National Health 
     Fund, South Central Laborers' Health & Welfare Fund, 
     Southeastern Pipetrades Health & Welfare Fund, Telamon 
     Corporation Health Reimbursement Arrangement*, The ARC of 
     Delaware County*, UFCW Local 1262 and Employers Health & 
     Welfare Fund, United Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County, Inc*, 
     Vincent B Zaninovich & Sons, Inc., Wayne ARC Standalone HRA 
     Section 105 Plan*, Wildwood Program*, Allied Welfare Fund.
       Becker County Post-Retirement Health Care Savings Plan*, 
     Becker County VEBA*, FIDUCIA*, Triple-S Salud, Inc., B. R. 
     Company, Britz Companies, ET AL, Century Health and Wellness 
     Benefit Plan and Trust, EBSA Foundation Encore Enterprises, 
     Faurecia USA Holdings, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, Inc., 
     Minnesota Cement Masons Health and Welfare Fund, Plumbers 
     Local Union No. 690 of Philadelphia and Vicinity Health Plan, 
     Robert Heath Trucking Inc., Securitas Security Services USA, 
     Inc., Sunwest Fruit Company, Inc., The Louis Berger Group, 
     Inc.
       United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Employers 
     Midwest Health Benefits Fund, WD Young & Sons, Inc., Atlantis 
     Casino Resort Spa, United Food and Commercial Workers and 
     Employers Arizona, Act Trust Mini-Med Plan, Allen's Family 
     Food, Anderson Media Corporation, Blasters, Drillers & Miners 
     Union Local No. 29 Welfare Fund, Care Initiatives, Inc., 
     Cement and Concrete Workers District Council Welfare Fund 
     Plan, COARC*, Construction Workers Local 147 Welfare Fund, 
     Crystal Run Healthcare, Diamondback Management Services, LTD, 
     Freeman Metal Products, Hardwick Clothes, Inc., Hronis, Inc.
       International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers, 
     Isaacson Isaacson Seridan & Fountain, LLP, Katy Industries, 
     Inc., Landscape, Irrigation and Lawn Sprinkler Industry 
     Health and Welfare Plan and Trust, Local 298 Health Benefit 
     Fund Plan, Local 803 Health and Welfare Fund, Louisiana 
     Laborers Health and Welfare Fund, M.A. Mortenson, Maple Knoll 
     Communities, Marshall Durbin Food Corporation, Minnesota 
     Teamsters Construction Division, Name Brand, Inc., Oklahoma 
     Goodwill Industries, PepsiCo, Inc., Plumbers & Pipefitters 
     Local Union 823 Health & Welfare Fund, Plumbers & 
     Steamfitters Local No. 6 Health and Welfare Fund, Regent Care 
     Center, Rice Food Markets, Inc., Rice Food Markets, Inc.
       Ricker Oil Company, Skilled Health Care, Southwestern 
     Teamsters Security Fund, Teamsters Local 445 Welfare Plan, 
     Teamsters Local 210 Affiliated Health and Insurance Fund, 
     Teamsters Welfare Fund of Northern New Jersey Local 1723, The 
     Durango Herald, The Talbots, Inc., Town of Frisco Medical 
     Plan, Tudor Ranch,
       UNITE HERE Local 74 Welfare and Dental Trust, United 
     Employees Health Plans, United Food and Commercial Workers 
     Union Local 1000 and Kroger Dallas Health and Welfare Plan, 
     United Service Employees Union, Local 377, RWDSU, UFCW, 
     WageWorks, Inc.
       IBEW Local 613 and Contributing Employers Family Health 
     Plan (Union), Advantage Benefits Company, LLC, Aerospace 
     Contractors' Trust**, AJFC Community Action Plan**, 
     Altisource Portfolio Solutions, American Heritage Life 
     Insurance Company, Americare Properties, Inc., AMN 
     Healthcare, Andrews Transport L.P.**, Anoka Hennepin Credit 
     Union***, APWU Health Plan Conversion Plan, Aspen Snowmass**, 
     ATCO Rubber Products, Inc, Baylor County Hospital District, 
     Belk Farms**, Bricklayers Local 1 of MD, VA and DC, Cardon & 
     Associates, Inc**, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of 
     Ogdensburg.
       Central Mills**, Civil Service Bar Association Security 
     Benefit Fund**, Cotton Belt Inc.**, CPC Logistics Health & 
     Welfare Plan**, Delmarva United Food and Commercial 
     Workers**, Dole Food Company**, EchoStar**, First Acceptance 
     Corporation, Fontanese Folts Aubrecht Ernst Architects, PC**, 
     Forest Products Inc. Group Health Plan**, Fruhauf Uniform 
     Direct Labor, Golden State Bulb Growers, Inc.**, Greater 
     Kansas City Laborers Welfare Fund**, Grower's

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     Transport LLC, Heartland Automotive**, Helfman Enterprises, 
     Inc.**, Hoosier Stamping and Manufacturing Corp., Horizon Bay 
     Realty LLC**, I.B.E.W. Local 1249 Insurance Fund**, Ingomar 
     Packing Company, LLC.
       Integra Healthcare, Inc. (Integrity Home Care)**, 
     International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers**, 
     International Brotherhood of Trade Unions Health and Welfare 
     Fund--Local 713, International Union of Operating Engineers 
     Local 295-295C Welfare Trust Fund**, International Union of 
     Operating Engineers, Local Union Number 137**, Iron Workers 
     Local Union #28 Health and Welfare Fund**, Lamanuzzi & 
     Pantaleo**, Living Resources**, Local 1102 Amalgamated 
     Welfare Fund, Local 1102 Health & Benefit Fund, Local 1102 
     Welfare Fund--Lerner Employees, Local 272 Welfare Fund**, 
     Local 338 Affiliated Benefit Funds, Madelia Community 
     Hospital**, Max Homes, Loc**, Medical Development 
     Corporation**, Mesa Air Group**, Mesa Packing** Michigan 
     Conference of Teamsters Welfare Fund**, Minnesota and North 
     Dakota Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers**.
       Mission Linen Supply, NFI Industries, Operating Engineers 
     Local 835 Health and Welfare Fund, Opportunity Resources, 
     Inc. Health and Welfare Plan, Orange County AHRC***, Orscheln 
     Industries, Pacific Risk Management**, Pearson Candy Company, 
     Pinnacle PRM**, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 430 Health and 
     Welfare Fund**, Progressive Logistics Services**, Pure Air 
     Filter Sales & Service**, Rancho Maria PRM**, Reiter 
     Affiliated Companies**, Retail, Wholesale & Dept. Store Union 
     Local 1034 Welfare Fund.
       Rio Farms PRM**, Sensient Technologies Corp., Service 
     Employees International Union Local 1 Cleveland Welfare Fund, 
     SFN Group, Sheet Metal Workers Funds of Local Union 38**, 
     SMWIA 28**, Southeast OBGYN, PC***, Southern CA Pipe Trades 
     Trust Fund, Southern Operators Health Fund**, Stonebridge 
     Hospitality Associates**, Sun Healthcare Group, Inc., 
     Teamsters Local 522 Welfare Fund Roofers Division, Teamsters 
     Local Union 72 Welfare Fund**, Telesis Management 
     Corporation, Texas Carpenters and Millwrights Health and 
     Welfare Fund, The Mentor Network, The Wada Farms, Inc.
       The Wilks Group, Inc. dba Ashley Furniture Homestore, The 
     Wright Travel Agency**, Town of Grand Island***, Trans-
     System, Inc., True Leaf Farms**, UFCW Local 371 Amalgamated 
     Welfare Fund**, United Crafts Benefits Fund**, United Food & 
     Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Local No. 348 Health 
     & Welfare Fund**,
       United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1445 New 
     Hampshire, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1459 and 
     Contributing Employers Health and Welfare Fund**, United Food 
     and Commercial Workers Local 464a**, United Food and 
     Commercial Workers Local 911**, Varsity Contractors, Inc., 
     Waffle House, Weckworth Manufacturing**, Western Express, 
     Inc., Western Harvesting PRM Health Plan**, WG Yates and Sons 
     Construction Company**, World Class Automotive**, Yukon-
     Kuskokwim Health Corporation**, Alaska Pipe Trade U.A. Local 
     367 Health and Security Trust**, Amalgamated National Health 
     Fund.
       American Farms, PRM Health Plan**, American Growers 
     Cooling, PRM Health Plan**, AUTO, LP, dba AutoInc. Health 
     Benefit Plan**, Better Way Partners, LLC**, Big Valley Labor, 
     PRM Health Plan**, CB Harvesting, PRM Health Plan**, City of 
     Rockwall**, Cocopah Nurseries, Inc., Express Harvesting, PRM 
     Health Plan**, Fallen Oak Packing, PRM Health Plan**, 
     FirstCarolinaCare Insurance Company on behalf of Longworth 
     Industries, Foot Locker, Inc.**, Fresh Express, G&H Farms, 
     PRM Health Plan**, Gill Ranch, PRM Health Plan**, Gill 
     Transport, PRM Health Plan**, Gills Onions, PRM Health 
     Plan**, Green Valley Farm Supply, PRM Health Plan**, 
     Greencroft Communities, Growers Express, PRM Health Plan**, 
     Hall Management Group, Inc.**, IH Services**, Independent 
     Group Home Living Program, Inc.
       King City Nursery, PRM Health Plan**, Meijer Health 
     Benefits Plan/Primary Care Option, Mission Ranches, PRM 
     Health Plan**, Moore's Retread & Tire of the Ark-La-Tex, 
     Inc., NOITU Insurance Trust Fund**, Payroll Solutions, 
     Plumbers and Pipefitters Local No. 630 Welfare Fund, Seco 
     Packing, Transcorr, United Food and Commercial Workers Union 
     Local 1000, United Wire, Metal & Machine Health & Welfare 
     Fund**, Western Growers Assurance Trust, Wisconsin United 
     Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Health Plan**, 
     1199SEIU Greater New York Benefit Fund, A. Duda & Sons, Inc., 
     Adecco Group, Inc., Biomedic Corporation, Buffets, Inc.
       Carington Health System, Cleveland Bakers Teamsters, Club 
     Chef LLC, Columbia Sussex Mgmt, LLC, CRST International Inc., 
     Darr Equipment, Co., DC Cement Masons Welfare Fund, Deaconess 
     Long Term Care, Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., ECOM 
     Atlantic, Inc., FW Walton, Inc., G4S Secure Solutions, GC 
     Services, L.P. & First Community Bancshares, Inc., 
     Guardsmark, LLC, Indiana Teamsters Health Benefits Fund, Knox 
     County Association for Retarded Citizens, Laundry and Dry 
     Cleaning Workers Local No. 52, Mars Super Markets, Inc., MPS 
     Group, Inc.
       Nexion Health, Noodles & Company, Pharmaca Integrative 
     Pharmacy, Quality Integrated Services, Inc., RE Rabalais 
     Constructors, LTD, RREMC LLC, Security Forces Inc., Shirkey 
     Nursing.
       Social Service Employees Union Local 371, Spindle, Cooling, 
     & Warehouse, Strauss Discount Auto, Sunburst Hospitality, 
     Susser Holding Corp, Telescope Casual Furniture, Teletech 
     Holdings, Inc., The Brinkman Corporation, The LDF Companies, 
     United Food and Commercial Workers Union (Mount Laurel, NJ), 
     United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1459 Universal 
     Orlando, Valley Services, Inc.
       United Food and Commercial Workers and Participating 
     Employers Interstate Health and Welfare Fund, Protocol 
     Marketing Group, Sasnak, Star Tek, Adventist Care Centers, 
     B.E.S.T of NY, Boskovich Farms, Inc, Cafe Enterprises, Inc., 
     Capital District Physicians, FleetPride, Inc., Gallegos Corp, 
     Hensley Industries, Inc., Jeffords Steel and Engineering, 
     Laborers' International Union of North America Local Union 
     No. 616 Health and Welfare Plan, O.K. Industries, Service 
     Employees Benefit Fund, Sun Pacific Farming Coop, SunWorld 
     International, LLC.
       UFCW Allied Trade Health & Welfare Trust, United Food and 
     Commercial Workers Union Local 1995, HCR Manor Care, IBEW No. 
     915, Integra BMS for Culp, Inc., New England Health Care 
     Employees Welfare Fund, Wiliamson-Dickie Manufacturing 
     Company, Aegis Security Insurance Company, Alliance One 
     Tobacco, Asbestos Workers Local 53 Welfare Fund, Assurant 
     Health (2nd Application), Captain Elliot's Party Boats, 
     Carlson Restaurants, CH Guenther & Son, CKM Industries dba 
     Miller Environmental, Caribbean Workers' Voluntary Employees' 
     Beneficiary Health and Welfare Plan, Darden Restaurants, 
     Duarte Nursery.
       Employees Security Fund, Florida Trowel Trades, Ingles 
     Markets, Meijer, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Plumbers & Pipefitters 
     Local 123 Welfare Fund, Sun Belt, UFCW Local 227, Uncle 
     Julio's, United Group, US Imaging, Vino Farms, AdvantaStaff, 
     Inc., Agricare, Alaska Seafood, American Fidelity, 
     Convergys, Darensberries, Gowan Company, Greystar, Macayo 
     Restaurants, Periodical Services, UniFirst, Universal Forest 
     Products, UFCW Maximus Local 455, American Habilitation 
     Services, Inc., GuideStone Financial Resources, Local 25 
     SEIU, MAUSER Corp., Preferred Care, Inc.
       Ruby Tuesday, The Dixie Group, Inc., UFCW Local 1262, 
     Whelan Security Company, AMF Bowling Worldwide, Assisted 
     Living Concepts, Case & Associates, GPM Investments, Grace 
     Living Centers, Mountaire Corporation, Swift Spinning, 
     Belmont Village, Caliber Services, Cracker Barrel, DISH 
     Network, Groendyke Transport, Inc., Pocono Medical Center, 
     Regis Corporation, The Pictsweet Co.
       Diversified Interiors, Local 802 Musicians Health Fund, MCS 
     Life Insurance Company, The Buccaneer, CIGNA, Greater 
     Metropolitan Hotel, Local 17 Hospitality Benefit Fund, GSC-
     ILA, The Allied Industries Health Fund, Harden Healthcare, 
     Vernon Sheltered Workshop, Inc., Health and Welfare Plan 
     #501, I.U.P.A.T., Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
       Transport Workers, United Federation of Teachers Welfare 
     Fund, Aegis, Aetna, Allflex, Baptist Retirement, BCS 
     Insurance, Cryogenic, Fowler Packing Co., Guy C. Lee Mfg., 
     HealthPort, Jack in the Box, Maritime Association, Maverick 
     County, Metropolitan D.C. Paving Industry Employees Health 
     and Welfare Fund, PMPS-ILA, PS-ILA, QK/DRD (Denny's), 
     Reliance Standard, Tri-Pak, United Agricultural Benefit 
     Trust.

  Mrs. BACHMANN. I thank the gentleman from Texas, Judge Ted Poe, 
because what we are fighting is to make ObamaCare equal for all 
Americans.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Holding). Members are reminded to 
address their remarks to the Chair and to refrain from engaging in 
personalities with regard to the President.

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