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Obamacare Underemployment

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 26, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Employment and Affirmative Action Health Insurance

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, ObamaCare is dead weight on a stagnant job market.

Millions of Americans are out of work. Millions more are underemployed--crunching numbers around the kitchen tables, trying to make ends meet. Yet ObamaCare is undermining growth and is making it harder for businesses, large and small, to hire more full-time workers or to even maintain part-time worker schedules. It is cited as a leading cause for why nearly three out of four people hired this year were offered only part-time jobs.

The stagnant economic report we received earlier this month is a continued reminder that ObamaCare is not the job creator or economic driver the President promised. It is a burden on employers, and it is translating into prolonged underemployment for working American families.

Republicans and Democrats need to work together to repeal, defund, delay, and replace ObamaCare for these families. Meaningful reform is worth the effort.


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