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On the recordMay 2, 1994
the President admitted his health care plan would result in the shift of jobs. In fact, about 100,000 new bureaucrats will be hired to run the Nation's health care system if the Clinton plan goes into effect, while hundreds of thousands of small business employees will be laid off. Indeed, this is only one example of the Clinton shift. Labor Secretary Robert Reich went down to a Dayton Tire Plant in Oklahoma the other day to personally shift about 1,500 workers out of a job. Using arcane OSHA regulations as his battering ram, the Labor Secretary closed down the plant in the name of reform. Mr. Speaker, I've heard of the Ted Williams shift, the Four Horseman shift, and the swing shift. But this is the first I've heard of the Clinton shift. I urge the American people to beware. The Clinton shift may just shift you out of a job.
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Cass Ballenger
North Carolina

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Criticizing the Clinton health care plan and its impact on jobs during a House floor speech.

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