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Todd Young: I would like to also indicate the fact that I, too, have read the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of this…

On the recordApril 2, 2014
I would like to also indicate the fact that I, too, have read the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of this legislation. They indicate that $75 billion in wages will be lost as a result of the Affordable Care Act if something like the Save American Workers Act isn't implemented. So, effectively, I hear some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle making the case that we ought to be funding the Affordable Care Act essentially on the backs of these hourly workers, and I don't think that is a position anyone wants to find themselves in. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Salmon).
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Todd Young
Republican · Indiana
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Apr 2, 2014

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