[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17067]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. GIBBS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GIBBS. This week, Americans, the administration, along with the 
media, are starting to see the harmful effects of ObamaCare on our 
country.
  Many Ohioans are experiencing sticker shock and are desperately 
worried if they will have coverage at all and if they will keep their 
doctor. A constituent recently told me that his hours were cut to part-
time in order for his employer to keep the business running. A man from 
Canton, Ohio, called in and will see his premiums increase by 700 
percent due to this harmful law. A single mother of two young boys from 
Ashland, Ohio, will not be able to afford the increase in price of her 
premium each month under ObamaCare. When she wrote in, she asked a 
great question:

       If this is the Affordable Care Act, why can I no longer 
     afford my health care insurance?

  It seems as though my constituents have more common sense than those 
who wrote this devastating law.
  I, along with my colleagues in the House, remain committed to 
protecting Americans from this law and ensuring that you are in charge 
of your health care decisions, not some bureaucrat here in Washington. 
Whether it is the doctor's office, the gas pump, the dinner table, or 
in the job market, Washington is standing in the way of hardworking 
Americans, and it is just not fair.

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