[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10933]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       OBAMACARE EMPLOYER MANDATE

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, ObamaCare's long-term care insurance program 
has been abandoned and repealed. Its preexisting conditions insurance 
program has been shut down. Its small business exchanges have been 
delayed--and on and on with this train wreck.
  Last week, the President chose to blatantly ignore his own law by 
putting off the employer mandate until 2015. There is no waiver 
procedure in the bill. I guess Senator Reid didn't think it important 
when he was crafting the bill behind closed doors.
  Businesses across the country are confused about ObamaCare, and this 
does nothing to clear up that confusion. It just puts it off to a more 
politically convenient time--beyond the 2014 midterm elections. The 
mandate has already reduced working hours for many Americans and has 
discouraged the creation of full-time jobs. Businesses have already 
spent billions in getting ready to comply. ObamaCare is already a 
failure--harming businesses, workers, and American health care.
  The President has chosen to break his own law by his actions. Let's 
stop the extralegal waivers. Give every American a waiver by repealing 
the law completely.

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