Andy Barr: “I thank the gentleman. I would like to note a point that the President made in his State of the Union address and…”

“I thank the gentleman. I would like to note a point that the President made in his State of the Union address and, really, why Congressman Young's bill should be a point of agreement for all of us--for the President, for Members of the other side of the aisle, for those of us on this side of the aisle. Here is what the President said in his State of the Union address, speaking to the state of our economy: Inequality has grown, he said, income inequality. Upward mobility has stalled. That is what the President of the United States said. I agree with the President. Upward mobility has stalled. Why has it stalled? Well, one of the reasons, Mr. Speaker, upward mobility has stalled in this country is because we are punishing hard work. ObamaCare is punishing people for working hard. That is what made this country great. {time} 2015 The Congressional Budget Office released a report a few weeks ago, and that report projects that ObamaCare will force 2.5 million Americans to leave the workforce in the next decade. Think about that. There are Members of Congress who are defending a law that will shrink the American workforce by 2.5 million Americans. And what is the administration's response? They say it is a good thing. They say it is a good thing that Americans are going to be forced to leave their jobs.…”