John Kline: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the rule and the underlying…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the rule and the underlying legislation. As the attention of the American people turned to celebrating the July 4th holiday, the Obama administration quietly announced through a blog post on the Treasury Department's Web site it would delay enforcement of a vital part of the President's health care law--the employer mandate. The reason for the delay? According to administration officials, the Federal bureaucracy needs more time to get it right. Let's be honest: no amount of time or bureaucratic tinkering will ease the pain ObamaCare is inflicting on workplaces across the country. The employer mandate will destroy jobs, whether it's implemented a year from now or 10 years from now. In fact, Mr. Speaker, jobs are already being lost and employees' work hours are being cut today because of the law. That's the difficult reality facing workers and job creators from my home State of Minnesota and across the country. {time} 1300 It's part of the reason we are stuck in a jobs crisis with 12 million Americans searching for full-time work. Even union leaders are beginning to realize how the health care law they supported is hurting workers. And the quote from my colleague, Mr. Burgess, laid that out very clearly. They were promised, as all Americans were promised, if they liked their health care, they could keep it; and they're finding out that's simply not true.…”