House Proceeding 03-12-10 on Mar 12th, 2010 :: 2:12:50 to 2:14:10
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2:12:37 to 2:12:58( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: rendered illegal because you will not purchase a product imposed by the federal government for th in our nation's history. mr. gohmert: such a great point. i was taing with some of my constituents this past weekend who are scared to death this thing is going to pass. some of them work for lower

2:12:50 to 2:14:10( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Louie Gohmert

2:12:59 to 2:13:21( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: wages and they are on their spouse's insurance with their employer, and so they are able -- there are companies that exist only because they are able to hire people who don't need health insurance. so they are able to hire them without providing health insurance. and under the bill they are going to get hit with an 8% tax. i'm hearing employers say, we

2:13:22 to 2:13:42( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: can't pay the 8% tax. they have either got to take an 8% cut or i've got to pay people off. there's been one estimate confirmed by a number of people that if this bil passe if this becomes law, at the worst time conceivable, more americans out of work than ever in history, it will put 5.5

2:13:43 to 2:14:04( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: million people out of work. this is incredible. anto think about a body that should -- i have heard friends across the aisle talk about how important it is to help the working poor. the lower middle class. that's where we want to help. under the bill if they can't afford the mandated type of insurance, then they are going

2:14:05 to 2:14:11( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: to get hit with an additional tax. the very people that can't afford it. in addition to that, they are going to be hit with other