[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11044]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                   OBAMACARE DELAYS EMPLOYER MANDATE

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Three and a half years and hundreds of 
millions in taxpayer dollars later, this administration still hasn't 
figured out how to implement their healthcare law. What more proof do 
they need?
  More now than ever, it's clear that this law is too complicated, too 
expensive, and worst, failing American families.
  Last week, the Obama administration announced they would no longer 
require businesses to offer health insurance to workers next year, nor 
require States to verify residents' income before signing them up for 
insurance.
  While these actions provide much-needed relief to our job creators, 
who have been forced to shrink paychecks and freeze hiring, it still 
requires individuals and families to obtain insurance. It also opens 
the door to more waste, fraud, and abuse of precious taxpayer dollars.
  American families want, need, and deserve patient-centered care, not 
the government-knows-best healthcare system.
  It's time to repeal and shred this broken law into ribbons. Let's 
start over with real, commonsense reform before it's too late.

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