| Why The Affordable Care Act Must Be Repealed |
May 15, 2013 |
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Leonard Lance, R-NJ
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"Many small businesses are already feeling the impact of higher monthly premiums. Just this week, I heard from a small business owner in the district I serve, Susan Schwartz of System Builders, in Westfield, Union County, New Jersey. She is seeing her company rates jump by nearly 40 percent in 1 year, Mr. Speaker."
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| Internet Sales Tax |
May 15, 2013 |
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Steve Daines, R-MT
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"I know a lot of Montanans feel the same way. But then I also have to ask, what is fair about forcing a small business that relies on Internet sales to learn the ins and outs of 9,600 different tax jurisdictions or be subjected to tax audits, as the gentleman from Kentucky just mentioned, not just from one State but from all 46 States that collect sales tax?"
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| Republican Freshman Class On The Need To Repeal Obamacare |
May 14, 2013 |
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Chris Stewart, R-UT
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"I’ve been blessed to do a lot of fun things in my life, to do a lot of interesting jobs. I was an Air Force pilot for 14 years. That was maybe the funnest thing I’ve ever done. I was a writer. I’ve written 15 books. That was very satisfying. But the hardest job, without question the hardest job I’ve ever done was to be a small business owner."
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| Health Care |
May 9, 2013 |
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Daniel Coats, R-IN
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"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has said 71 percent of small businesses say this health care plan makes it harder to hire more employees. I heard from a small business owner in Indiana who runs an employment management service. He told me small businesses such as his have decided to use a combination of cuts to keep many of their employees under 30 hours a week to avoid penalties, while pushing full-time workers well over 45 hours a week. Well, that is fine for the full-time workers who are getting some overtime pay, but it is denying job opportunities for new hires because employers are put in this position by the mandates of the health care act. It is not just limited to the private sector. I recently heard from a State representative in Indiana who is concerned about how this law is going to affect school districts in his area. He says some schools are being forced to move nonteacher personnel to part-time status, affecting food service providers, teacher’s aides, bus drivers, substitute teachers, maintenance personnel, as well as nonteacher coaches. People from all walks of life have a dark cloud of uncertainty over their future plans to run a business, to hire employees, and to do what is necessary to expand their business, and that is so desperately needed, given we are now entering the fifth year of underemployment in this country. So that incentive to employ part-time workers means fewer hours, lower wages, less economic growth, less production, and it means middle-class Americans will continue to pay the price of Washington’s ineptness."
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| The Economy |
May 7, 2013 |
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Mitch McConnell, R-KY
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"Just listen to this: Last week, a small business owner in the barbecue restaurant business testified at a field hearing of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. The owner of that company said it will cost his business up to $200,000 to implement the ObamaCare mandate, a $200,000 hit. What is that company’s projected profit for 2013? It is $240,000. Incredible, absolutely incredible."
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