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Cliff Stearns: “I thank my colleague. Mr. Speaker, perhaps the gentleman from New Jersey didn't listen to me when I just spoke. It's…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 2011
I thank my colleague. Mr. Speaker, perhaps the gentleman from New Jersey didn't listen to me when I just spoke. It's creating 150 new government agencies, and these are all government jobs. So, if you're talking about increasing jobs, they're government jobs. It also includes $500 billion in taxes, burdensome 1099 paperwork requirements, according to a study by the Nation's largest small business association, the NFIB. I would like you to talk about that 1099. These employer mandates that are in the health care bill are terrible, and it is estimated they will wipe out 1.6 million jobs over just 5 years. So I caution the gentleman from New Jersey to listen carefully to my speech.
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Cliff Stearns
Florida
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Jan 19, 2011

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The speaker addresses concerns about job creation and government mandates in the health care bill.

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