Floor Statements

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 537, 538, and 539, I was absent due to travel delays and inclement weather. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall No. 537, and ``yea'' on rollcall Nos. 538 and 539.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 2527) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, with the Senate amendment thereto, and concur in the Senate amendment.

Mr. Speaker on rollcall No. 381, I was absent due to personal reasons.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 382 I was absent due to personal reasons.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

Mr. Speaker on rollcall No. 383 I was absent due to personal reasons.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 384 I was absent due to personal reasons.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 385, I was absent due to personal reasons.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 387, I was absent due to personal reasons.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 388 I was absent due to personal reasons.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 412, I was absent due to personal reasons.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 413, I was absent due to personal reasons.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

I appreciate my fellow friend from Michigan yielding this time.

I'm a freshman. This is my first term in session here in Congress. And I wasn't here for the passage of this bill. But I can tell you, I am here because the American people wanted changed. They did not and will not accept what was passed by this previous Congress.

You're going to hear a lot today about how it has helped people. We cannot go back to the status quo. But this is not the solution. This is not the way. And that's why I rise today in strong support of the repeal of the ObamaCare Act, H.R. 6079.

The fact is, the recent Chamber of Commerce survey indicated that a whopping 74 percent of small businesses say that the law makes it more difficult for them to hire new employees. I'm one of those small business owners who's been paralyzed trying to figure out what my insurance costs are going to be for my employees.

In addition, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicts ObamaCare will reduce the Nation's labor supply by 800,000 people, not something that we need right now.

This law is full of compliance uncertainties and disincentives for growth.

The Supreme Court recently made it clear that the individual mandate is, despite what the President and my colleagues in this body are trying to say, it is a colossal tax increase on the middle class.

While I'm disappointed in the decision, we know that the American people want us to come back in and change this law because it will not help them in the long run.

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 307 I was absent due to a family matter. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 308, I was absent due to a family matter. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 309, I was absent due to a family matter. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''