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That's right. And we have legislation here, again, to address this problem, like the Saving American Workers Act. There's lots of cosponsors here in the House.

Why is that happening? Why is that happening? Well, you've got employers that are now mandated to provide health insurance to their employees, and many of them, in order to remain profitable, must change their way of doing business. So…

Let me press ``pause'' here before we read more of these headlines, which are incredibly illustrative and instructive. So many of them deal with the cut in the number of hours for our wage earners during the worst economy since the Great…

There are people behind every one of these headlines. Forbes says: Labor Unions Are Indicating That ObamaCare Will Shatter Our Health Benefits and Cause Nightmare Scenarios. My recollection was that labor was very much behind this bill…

So the Contra Costa Times of Concord says that half of the Affordable Care Act call-center jobs will be part-time. The Missourian says ObamaCare is going to impact Franklin County workers. The Weekly Standard reports Wisconsin grocery…

I think one out of every six members of their conference were supportive of your bill.

Well, kudos to the one of, what is it, six colleagues on the other side of the aisle that joined us in voting for your bill.

Potentially, you, myself and so many other Members of this body agreed with the substance of the President's blog post, though one would question whether we were intended to be a Nation of laws or instead a Nation of blog posts. We could…

That's what most Hoosiers think as well. I think I've traveled quite a bit, gotten to know people around the country. And I don't believe I've encountered, I reckon, anyone who thought that full-time was 30 hours. So where did this come…

Well, the mandate is that every employer across the United States of America who employs 50 or more persons on a full- time basis must provide government-sanctioned, government-approved health insurance to their employees. Now, look…

Are these some of the very same bills, my good colleague, that the President in recent speeches has characterized as partisan, misguided, meaningless? I do believe you may be referring to some of those bills.

I think it was poorly written by unseasoned probably analysts that contributed, and I would sense that there wasn't strong leadership involved as well.

I think the question should be not only Argentina, but how far is Ecuador going, how far is Bolivia going, how far is Paraguay going?

What also worries me, and, you know, I lose sleep over this, is this concurrent growing presence of not just Quds Force, but, again, concurrently of Hezbollah all over Latin America.

What concerns me most, though, is the Embassies, the cultural centers all provide cover, top cover, for the growing presence of the Quds Force.

What is happening in Ecuador is not uncommon. You know, we are seeing it play out through not only all of Latin America or much of Latin America, but we are also seeing it play out in West Africa, North Africa, and throughout Europe now.

I appreciate the gentleman raising the issue. I am aware of it, and would gladly work with him to get the answers on this proposal.

I would rise to enter into a colloquy with my colleague from Washington (Mr. Heck) and I yield to the gentleman.