On the recordApril 2, 2014
So this is inconsistent even with how millions of American businesses define full-time employment, and I would also point out this: we know that, as our economy has started to rebound from the worst recession that we have had since the Great Depression, many American businesses are doing well. Wall Street is hitting all-time highs, and the stock market has soared. That is a good thing for America. We certainly don't begrudge any company or business that, but small businesses are already exempted from the ACA requirements, so this is about more sizable companies. In an economy where business is doing well, why should we say to all of these workers--people who are going to work every day, who have incredible work ethic, who are powering our economy--that they don't deserve health insurance? I was in San Antonio--and I know it happened in many cities--and we had long lines on Monday to enroll in the Affordable Care Act. People's faces lit up because, for the first time in many of their lives, they were going to be able to afford health care coverage. Many of them had their kids with them. There were teenagers and senior citizens there. This is a milestone in people's lives, and this bill would take that away from a million people.
