On the recordJanuary 8, 2015
As of this time, without being timed, I really miss my magic minute; I want to tell you that, Mr. Speaker. Since the Affordable Care Act became law, 10.8 million new jobs have been created in the private sector, and it has not led to a shift to part-time work. That is what the statistics tell us. You want to save the worker, but under your economic policies in the last decade, we had the worst loss of jobs in this country in my lifetime. In fact, part-time workers, as a share of all workers in our economy, have fallen--have fallen--have decreased, are less since the enactment of the health care reform bill. Unfortunately, this bill's sponsors have chosen to ignore these facts because they don't support their argument. Their legislation would allow employers to deny health care reach to those working even as many, as I have said, as 39 hours. That means the slightest reduction in hours could be used to deny employees the coverage they ought to be earning through their work, so the rest of us do not have to pay their bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired.
