[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12231]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   WORKERS AT SPINA BIFIDA ASSOCIATION LATEST VICTIMS OF PRESIDENT'S 
                            HEALTH CARE LAW

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, Washington, D.C., is increasingly detached 
from the needs and concerns of western Pennsylvanians.
  The Spina Bifida Association of Western Pennsylvania works to improve 
the quality of life for people with spina bifida and their families by 
providing much-needed service, education, advocacy, and housing.
  Mr. Speaker, I recently visited with the men and women who work 
there, as well as the residents and program participants of the 
facilities and programs they operate. The workers are dedicated and 
caring people, and they do tremendous work.
  As of July 1, 2014, Mr. Speaker, the Spina Bifida Association was 
forced to discontinue coverage for its 25 full-time employees because 
President Obama's health care law made it so unaffordable for them to 
continue--another broken promise of President Obama's oversold health 
care law.
  It is past time for President Obama and his unelected Federal elites 
to change course and begin pursuing policies that help people and not 
his out-of-touch and out-of-control Washington, D.C.

                          ____________________