[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4857]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               FOUR YEARS AND OBAMACARE IS STILL FAILING

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, according to an institute 
at the University of New Hampshire, the number of long-term unemployed 
Americans has more than doubled since 2007, to a gruesome 39.3 percent.
  The President has had more than enough time to get our weak economy 
back on track. Instead of working with Congress on pro-growth reforms 
to our tax system and encouraging businesses to hire more workers, he 
has focused his attention on implementing his disastrous health care 
takeover, destroying jobs.
  American families have felt the duplicity of the ``Unaffordable Care 
Act.'' They have lost health care plans. They have been forced to pay 
higher insurance premiums and receive smaller paychecks due to 
reduction in work hours.
  A key to economic recovery starts with repealing and replacing the 
takeover with a commonsense, patient-centered solution. Our workforce 
should not lose 2.5 million more jobs because of government mandates. 
We must work together to promote jobs.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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