[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8886]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CONSEQUENCES OF OBAMACARE

  (Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the 
terrible consequences ObamaCare is having on working families. In my 
district, Zionsville Community School Corporation was forced to cut 
hours for substitute teachers, instructional assistants, and other 
staff because of the employer mandates.
  Recently, one Indiana school administrator who had just cut coaches', 
aides', and assistants' hours asked, ``Did they really think about the 
seventh- and eighth-grade basketball coach or the substitute teacher or 
the part-time instructional aide'' when they wrote this law?
  Schools shouldn't be forced to cut back on services for kids because 
Washington is too stubborn to roll back a failed initiative.
  While 12 million Americans are still looking for a job, schools are 
cutting hours and, consequently, people's pay. A recent study by the 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that ObamaCare is the number one concern 
for small businesses, and soon our children and families will learn 
it's the number one concern for school systems.
  Mr. Speaker, this law is hurting our students, our school systems, 
its workers, and our economy. We must repeal it.

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