[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11728]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE LAW IS UNWORKABLE

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, the President's health care law is 
unworkable. Hardworking Americans know it, and, unfortunately, they're 
going to see their premiums skyrocket.
  Small business owners know it. They're going to have to scale back 
hiring and maybe even let some people go.
  People in the President's own party know it. Senator Baucus from 
Montana, a key author of the legislation, called it a ``train wreck'' 
not long ago.
  And now, the administration has admitted it themselves. They decided 
to delay the employer mandate for a year. Why? Because, despite the 
President saying that it's working the way it's supposed to, we know 
it's not working at all.
  That's why yesterday, on this floor, we voted to not just delay the 
employer mandate, but the individual mandate as well. Everyone, not 
just businesses, deserve protection from this unworkable law.

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