On the recordJune 25, 2013
That's a wonderful question. I have another constituent who has shared numerous times with me his concern for the implementation of ObamaCare. Jerol and Telia Kivett, from Clinton, North Carolina, owned, again, a family- owned business that was started by his father back in the fifties. This company makes church furniture--church pews for synagogues, funeral homes, churches. Jerol and his wife are so concerned about this mandate and are wanting and needing to avoid this government mandate that it makes it extremely expensive for him to do business. He at one point had 160 employees. He is now down to about 45 employees. As you can imagine, in order for him to continue to do his business in the way that he sees fit, in the way that was started by his father, how will he continue into the future doing business when he knows that working his way back up again in this awful Obama economy--for him to hit that 50th employee--will mean a penalty for him if he is not providing health care coverage for his employees? If he is able to provide that health care coverage, it will be devastatingly expensive. With that, I would like to welcome my colleague from Texas, Congressman Burgess, for a few comments as well for he is well-versed in health care and in, again, the devastation that ObamaCare will bring.
