[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8883]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. MULLIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MULLIN. Mr. Speaker, I stand before you today not only as a 
Member of Congress but as a concerned American.
  As a country, we cannot continue to ignore ObamaCare's impact on jobs 
and small businesses. This past Friday, our Nation witnessed yet 
another rise in the unemployment rate. Why is it becoming increasingly 
difficult for nearly 12 million Americans to secure jobs?
  When you attack a small business, you attack the backbone of our 
economy.
  American employers are struggling to manage this job-killing health 
care law. Health care now tops the concerns facing small business 
owners like myself. We will have to make the tough choice of whether to 
comply with the health care mandate or to reject it. This is yet 
another regulation that is choking our economy at a time when we should 
be creating more jobs.
  ObamaCare also empowers the scandal-plagued IRS--an agency that, in 
2010 alone, administered $17 billion in improper payments to the earned 
income tax credit.
  Where is the recovery America was promised? It is time we put America 
back in business.

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