Charles Rangel: “I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, as we close out on this bill, I would like to enter into the Record…”

“I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, as we close out on this bill, I would like to enter into the Record a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. This is an objective report on the subject that we have just talked about, and that is whether or not the Affordable Care Act has caused a loss in full-time jobs. This report clearly shows that we have had a rise in full-time work in connection with the health care reform bill. [From Off the Charts, Sept. 17, 2014] Census Report Shows Rise in Full-Time Work, Undercutting Claims by Health Reform Opponents (By Paul N. Van de Water) Yesterday's Census Bureau report shows that the share of workers with full-time, full-year work rose in 2013, while the share with part-time, part-year work fell. This finding further undercuts assertions that health reform is causing a large increase in part-time employment--as proponents of a House measure to change health reform's rules on covering full-time workers claim. Health reform requires employers with at least 50 full- time-equivalent workers to offer coverage to full-time employees--defined as those who work at least 30 hours a week--or pay a penalty. Critics claim that employers are shifting some employees to part-time work to avoid offering them health insurance. But the data provide scant evidence of such a shift. To the contrary, part-time work became less frequent last year.…”