Louie Gohmert: “You are exactly right. The last person I heard from is a woman who is losing her job, heartbreaking because there is no…”

“You are exactly right. The last person I heard from is a woman who is losing her job, heartbreaking because there is no need for these people to lose their jobs. We had over 4 million people lose their job since the so-called stimulus was passed. And now we passed a health care bill under the guise of ensuring 30 million more. I'm hearing now this past weekend people that have been told that because ultimately the owner is going to have a choice between $2,000 per employee or paying for the Cadillac health care that the government is going to require, they're going to drop the health insurance. So it seems pretty clear there is going to be a lot more than 30 million people that lose their insurance because of the added taxes that are put in here. Oh, and I love the provision--talk about helping the working poor--if you are not able to afford the level of insurance required by this bill and by the Federal Government--and I guess that's the 15 people that are on this board that are going to make all these great determinations for everybody's health care that the President will appoint--but if you can't afford that level insurance, then we're going to help you. We're going to tax you an additional 2.5 percent on your income, an additional income tax for the working poor that can't--as I had somebody tell me 2 days ago, if I could afford the insurance, I would buy it. I can't. Now I'm going to get hit with an extra income tax on top of that?”