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On the recordApril 2, 2014
Thank you, Congressman Young, for yielding. As an original cosponsor, I am very grateful for Chairman John Kline and Congressman Todd Young for their thoughtful leadership on this very important issue with the Save American Workers Act. ObamaCare is the saddest example of Big Government failure. The American people have lost their health care plans, access to their most trusted doctors, and been forced to pay significant premium increases for poorer coverage and higher deductibles. On top of all of these broken promises, it is tragic for American families that the President's signature health care law will also destroy jobs. Every day, real constituents living in South Carolina's Second Congressional District reach out to me expressing frustration with this broken law. Jennifer, a true small business owner from Lexington, writes: Keep trying to repeal ObamaCare at all costs. The employer mandate will cause my business to move full-time employees to part-time. Dozens of actual people express these same sentiments and plead with Congress to provide relief. The National Federation of Independent Business, NFIB, was correct that ObamaCare will destroy 1.6 million jobs. ObamaCare's 30-hour workweek rule is lowering wages for a significant portion of hardworking Americans, the very ones the President claims to champion.…
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

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