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“I appreciate the gentleman from Mississippi, a great Member of the freshman class, joining us tonight. I know we have some other colleagues to continue this conversation. One point before I yield to the gentleman from Florida. We're talking about job creation. Back in the district, back in upstate New York, in Corning, my hometown, we get out and we have town halls and we meet with constituents, we meet with business owners. And I'll tell you, one meeting really resonated with me. I went up to Hornell, New York, a great community up in our district, Mr. Speaker, and met with a company called Dyco Electronics. He employs about 48 employees. And he had me in his office, and we're walking down the floor watching his shop where he's assembling different electronic components and we're talking about the issues of the day. Mr. Speaker, he had a point that resonates when it comes to this issue. He said, You know what, Tom? I'm not going to hire any more people. I've got business. I've got some opportunities that I can potentially expand. But the CEO of Dyco electronics, 48 employees, said, If I go over 50 employees, I've got to then comply with ObamaCare. These mandates, these regulations. You've got 2,700 pages of statutory text, you've got tens of thousands of pages of regulations that ultimately will be created. And he just says, I can't take that chance. So this is all related to jobs also, as we continue this debate. It's not just about health care but it's about job creation.…”