[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TOO EXPENSIVE TO AFFORD

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, we're learning an awful lot about 
ObamaCare these days, and it seems like every week is bringing 
something new. We have learned that this program is too expensive to 
afford. We have learned that it is too difficult to implement. We have 
learned that it is too burdensome for business. That is why the 
employer mandate is being delayed. Indeed, we're seeing these burdens 
on business lead to an under- and unemployed number, the U-6 number, 
14.3 percent.
  Where have the jobs gone? ObamaCare holds some of that answer.
  We are also learning that there are too many mandates, too many 
rules, too many regulations. We're hearing it from our health care 
providers, we're hearing it from constituents, and we're hearing it 
from individuals who want to be able to make their health care 
decisions with their doctors, not a bureaucrat in Washington, D.C.
  What my constituents are telling me is this: let's delay, let's 
defund, let's repeal, let's replace. This law is too cumbersome and too 
expensive to afford.

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