On the recordSeptember 10, 2014
I thank Chairman Pitts for his leadership, and my colleague, Bill Cassidy, for this wonderful bill, H.R. 3522. This bill is very simple. It will allow people to keep the health insurance they had before ObamaCare took it away, their choice. Eighty percent of those people in this country are women who have made those choices in health care, and this would put it back in place. President Obama infamously stated, as my colleague before me stated, ``If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan, period.'' However, many plans offered prior to the ACA were not compliant with the numerous requirements this law required. As a result, millions of Americans were no longer able to purchase their old plans. One of many of the business owners who provide health care coverage for their employees right there in my district, Mr. Steve Lozinsky, who runs Sparkle and Shine Cleaning Service in Apex, North Carolina, called me just the other day concerned about this issue. Steve has about 240 employees, and he will be forced to lay off 31 of them because of the ObamaCare mandate. Mr. Speaker, it is because of employers like Steve Lozinsky, who take care of their employees, who consider them family and want to do the right thing, it is because of them, and every American and every family in this country, that we need to pass H.R. 3522.
