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Peter Roskam: I thank the gentleman. Let's talk about burdens--the burden of listening to the President of the United States, Madam…

On the recordJuly 17, 2013
I thank the gentleman. Let's talk about burdens--the burden of listening to the President of the United States, Madam Speaker, on June 7 of this year say that this bill is working the way it's supposed to. No, it's not. Then, within the twinkling of an eye, the White House has to say, Oh, it's not working the way it's supposed to. We need to have this delayed for a year. Let's talk about the burden of signing a tax return form under penalties of perjury and all of that burden that presses down with the force of the law when you make a misrepresentation and when you're trying to follow up on 200 pages of an individual mandate, and people don't know if they're on foot or on horseback on this thing. That's a burden. That's a burden that the country can't sustain, and that's the burden that we can relieve by voting ``aye.''
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois
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Jul 17, 2013

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