On the recordJune 9, 2011
this amendment, I hope, will save our businesses and our States the millions of dollars they are now spending to implement the health care reform bill, which is in the courts. Yesterday, the court in Atlanta--the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals--heard arguments from the government and the State about whether the Florida District Court ruling that the health care law is null and void because it is unconstitutional should be upheld. Since we are in this court fight and this will surely go to the Supreme Court-- there is no doubt that either side that loses is going to appeal--my amendment would put a moratorium on the implementation of the law. So it would save the Federal Government and the taxpayers who are paying for it, and it would save the State governments that are trying to implement a law that may be unconstitutional and cost millions of dollars to adjust their system and the businesses across our country that are trying desperately to determine if they are going to be able to even offer health insurance or if they want to offer health insurance to their employees anymore. We are in a time when there are unprecedented regulatory burdens on our businesses. We are facing a $14 trillion national debt in this country--trillion. We are looking at having to raise that debt limit if we don't severely cut spending and get our house in order. In the past 2 years alone, this Federal Government has borrowed an additional $3.2 trillion.…
