[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8015]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            REPEAL OBAMACARE

  (Mr. HUDSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce heard testimony from Health and Human Services Secretary 
Kathleen Sebelius. Despite a mountain of facts to the contrary, she 
told the committee that the concerns employers have with the health 
care law are mere speculation. I don't know who the Secretary is 
talking to in Washington, but the reality for employers out in the real 
world is there is no speculation when it comes to the job-crushing 
effects of ObamaCare.
  Where I live in North Carolina, ObamaCare is destroying jobs and 
forces full-time workers to accept part-time hours, and that's just the 
start. I recently hosted a field hearing in my district where I heard 
from a business owner who, prior to ObamaCare, was able to offer some 
of the best medical, dental, and vision care in the area at a cost of 
only 20 percent to his employees. Sadly, this same company is now 
subject to higher premiums, higher Medicare taxes, higher investment 
taxes, and greater administrative burdens. All of this will divert 
resources from new training, new equipment, and better wages.
  Mr. Speaker, what I see are the facts and not speculation. That's why 
I'm adamant that we need to repeal this terrible law.

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