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Save American Workers Act of 2015

Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 8, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Business and Consumers Employment and Affirmative Action Health Insurance

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Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to stand here in support
of the Save American Workers Act, legislation that helps my
constituents in Michigan who are struggling under the President's
health care law, regardless of the sophistry from the other side.

While Michigan has been hard-hit over the past few years for many
reasons, the negative effects of the President's health care law have
only amplified our struggles by eroding full-time work opportunities
for hourly workers.

As chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, I am deeply
committed to safeguarding workers and businesses from ObamaCare's
damaging consequences. Restoring the traditional 40-hour workweek is an
important reform that will protect employees and provide certainty for
employers.

We need effective solutions that focus on getting people back to work
rather than forcing people from their jobs, like Janet from Jackson,
Michigan, who called my office in tears last September.

This 56-year-old single mother of three had just been told that
morning by her employer that her home health care job was being moved
from 36 hours to 28 hours because of the new requirements under
ObamaCare. She asked: How am I going to pay my mortgage and insurance
with only 28 hours?

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Mr. WALBERG. Let's give Janet the opportunity to save her 36 hours,
have it back, by passing the Save American Workers Act. Like Janet,
everyone should have the chance to work, to succeed and prosper and be
in control of their own health care issues.

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