Jackie Speier actually said...

If someone says that they have decided to leave their job for personal reasons--they just decided they wanted to retire early--we would not put them in the category of having lost their jobs.

Context

Speier emphasizes that job loss claims misinterpret workers' choices under the ACA.

02/04/2014

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