[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9907]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     REPEAL THE MEDICAL DEVICE TAX

  (Mr. POLIQUIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. POLIQUIN. Mr. Speaker, Maine is home to the most skilled 
woodworkers on Earth, but ObamaCare's medical device tax is killing our 
jobs.
  Hardwood Products and Puritan companies in Guilford have been family-
run businesses for nearly 100 years. 450 hard-working Mainers produce 
3.5 million popsicle sticks per day. The company also manufactures more 
tongue depressors and medical swabs than any other business in the 
Western Hemisphere. Its only competitor is located in China.
  Puritan Company pays nearly $250,000 per year in medical device tax. 
As a result, they can't afford to buy new equipment to manufacture new 
medical products or hire more workers.
  It is not right for this ObamaCare tax to export our manufacturing 
jobs to China. It is not right for this punitive tax to smother 
innovation that helps Americans enjoy longer and healthier lives.
  Today, let's all band together, Republicans and Democrats here in the 
House, to deep-six this horrible tax.

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