Advent of this Health Care Law and would thus strain their budgets. A substitute teacher named amy from chesserfield county, virginia, was asked by the Richmond Times dispatch about the burdens of this rule under obamacare. And he she said, quote, the people and she said, quote, the people that its going to affect are the people that need or want to work ever single day, end quote. So why is the government punishing those who are looking to earn an honest wage . This administration believes that they can hide the reality of the wage cuts with an increase in the minimum wage but a proposal that the but that proposal which the nonpartisan experts say will result in 500,000 lost jobs is not the answer. The answer is, restore the 40hour workweek and let people work. We have known for a long time that the president s Health Care Law was broken. But now its beginning to break the backs of American Workers. Our constituents dont deserve this broken law or more broken promises. They deserve a fair shot at success without the government standing in the way. Today we have an opportunity to unclinch this middle class squeeze and restore the 40hour workweek so that wage earners dont have to worry about smaller paychecks. So lets stand together in a bipartisan fashion and take a big step towards creating an america that works again and works again for everyone. Id like to thank chairman camp, representative young, and the rest of the ways and Means Committee for their hard work on this issue. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support working families by passing this legislation. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from virginia yields back. The gentleman from michigan is recognized. Mr. Levin i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Levin i know the majority would come here and talk about the middle class. They are trying to escape from their failure to help take action to provide jobs for middle class americans. They also, by the way, so far havent helped out to provide a continuation of Employment Unemployment insurance for hundreds of thousands of people, so many in the middle class, who have lost their jobs. Look, i quoted from c. B. O. And i uess ill have to quote again, this is in february, in quotes, in c. B. O. s judgment there is no compelling evidence that parttime employment has increased as a result of the a. C. A. And ill quote again from this study of the center on budget and policy priorities. And its headed this way. Health he reform not causing significant shift to parttime work, but raising threshold to 40 hours a week would make a sizable shift likely. And i quoted why they say that because the number of people who are working 40 hours or thereabouts, that number is so much larger than those who are working 30 hours or thereabouts, and so any employer who wanted essentially to shift the burden rom them to others, they are more likely to do it under this bill than under the present circumstance. And thats the reason, thats by reason why its been said force one it would Million People out of employerbased Health Insurance and it would add 74 billion to e deficit since its not offset. You havent you havent refuted a single one of those statements. If they are not true, id like you to say so. Id like you to say c. B. O. Is wrong. And also wrong with they say it will increase the number of uninsured by half a Million People. Those are three c. B. O. Statements. They stand here to refute the myths that are being brought here in defense of this bill. So you raise the middle class banner at the same time you essentially with this bill would take away Health Insurance from many, many, many, many middle class citizens. Thats what you would be doing here. I reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the chair would remind members to address their remarks to the chair. The gentleman from michigan reserves. The gentleman from indiana is recognized. Mr. Young mr. Speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. Paulsen, a distinguished member of the committee on ways and means. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Paulsen i thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, its been said before, the more we learn about the president s Health Care Law, the more the facts show its hurting more people than its helping. The latest development now is the lost 30 hour rule is forcing some companies to scale back hours with more parttime jobs and less fulltime jobs, so that those employees who have good fulltime jobs are now having to go to parttime jobs. Mr. Speaker, i met with a Small Business owner. He owns seven different restaurants, and i know a lot of folks think people in the Restaurant Industry only employ parttime workers, but 41 of his workers he employs fulltime. But because of the new law, where now 30 hours is the standard being considered fulltime work, hes being forced to lower the work hours for those employees, nearly all of them, to 29 hours or less. That absolutely makes no sense. These reduced hours are now going to force a 25 reduction in pay for those workers. Many will now have to go out and find a second parttime job to make up for the hours that they lost. Another Small Business owner i talked to from minnesota, he was imploring me when he contacted me, please, Congress Needs to correct the 30hour rule so it reflects his work forces needs and employees desire to have more flexible hours. If its not addressed by congress soon, there will be disruptions in the work force and Flexible Work options for his employees could disappear altogether. The 30hour work rule is negatively affecting manufacturers and even our schools. We should remove these barriers to work. We should not punish employees who want to work more, and we should be helping American Workers. Lets pass this legislation. It will restore some common sense an common understanding in america that fulltime work is 40 hours. It will pass with bipartisan support. I commend the gentleman for his leadership on this issue for getting americans back to work. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from michigan is recognized. Mr. Levin reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from michigan reserves. The gentleman from indiana is recognized. Mr. Young mr. Speaker, i would like to also indicate the fact that i, too, have read the Congressional Budget Offices estimate of this legislation. They indicate that 75 billion in wages will be lost as a result of the Affordable Care act. If Something Like the save American Workers act isnt implemented. So effectively i hear some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle making the case that we ought to be funding the Affordable Care act, essentially, on the backs of these hourly workers. I dont think thats a position anyone wants to find themselves in. Mr. Speaker, i yield two minutes the gentleman from arizona, mr. Sad lynn. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Sad lynn its interesting as we throw these numbers around, i guess they mean a lot on the floor debate. But to the real people that are suffering, they dont mean anything. There is an old adage that says there are you lies, lies and statistics. I would have thrown numbers around here like they matter, but the fact is they are real peoples lives being hurt and destroyed. In fact i read an article a few months ago that the Community College where i met my wife is actually notifying 1,300 employees, 700 of them that were adjunct professors, their hours are going to be reduced, and they are because of this law. Mr. Salmon they are being hurt. I guess we can quote them a statistic, go on your merry way, i know you cant pay for your mortgage, you cant make a car payment, cant pay for your childs college education, but we got this great statistic that we just got out of congress that ought to make you feel better about your life. The fact is we ought to be more concerned about individuals than we are throwing numbers around. I understand c. B. O. Also said that total implementation of obamacare would cost 2. 1 million. The fact is we can use statistics to say just about whatever we want them to say. But real peoples lives are being hurt and we have a responsibility here in this body to do everything that we can to try to raise the lifestyle in this country, not degrade it. People are losing their jobs. My son, my son lost his insurance because of obamacare. He was one of that small percentage, again a statistic, that we were quoted. But the fact is he lost his insurance. Now hes just told us hes having his third child. The first two children were delivered by a doctor that they know and trust. But because of obamacare, their doctor is not covered under their new polcy. To add insult to injury, when he went on the exchange to sign up after he was told his policy was no longer covered because of obamacare, his premiums went up from 450 a month to 850 a month. Thats hardly helping people. I think that its safe to note this law was passed without one republican. And its time that we stop our high horse of statistics and actually care about people. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from michigan is recognized. Mr. Levin i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Levin if you care about people, you should be for the a. C. A. Seven Million People have been enrolled in private plans through the a. C. A. Marketplace, to repeat. Seven million plus. And millions, well get the figures, now have coverage under medicaid. Thats lots of millions of people, and you come forth with an individual case . In many cases i dont know your instance these cases have turned out to be incorrect. Theyve been put in political ads, and theyve been refuted. I now want to read the statement of Administrative Administration policy from the president. And i quote, the administration strongly opposes house passage f h. R. 2575, the save American Workers act. It should be called the socalled save American Workers act. Because it would significantly increase the deficit and reduce the number of americans with employerbased Health Insurance. Rather than attempting once again to repeal the Affordable Care act, which the house has tried to do over 50 times, it is time for the congress to stop fighting old political battles and join the president in an agenda focused on providing greater Economic Opportunity and security for middleclass families and all those working to get into the middle class. This legislation would weaken a provision of the Affordable Care act that keeps employers from dropping Health Insurance coverage and shifting the costs to taxpayers. According to the Congressional Budget Office, it would increase the budget deficit by 73. 7 billion over the 20152024 period. Moreover, the proposed change would reduce the number of people receiving employerbased coverage by about one million while increasing the number of uninsured. The Affordable Care act gives people greater control over their own health care. Since october 1, over seven million have signed up for insurance in the Health Insurance marketplaces. Because of the Affordable Care act, americans have previously een denied coverage due to preexisting condition now have access to coverage. Additionally, the law helps millions of americans stay on their parents plans until age 26 and provides access to free Preventive Care like cancer screenings that catch illness early on. While the administration welcomes ideas to improve the law, h. R. 2575 would undermine it by shifting costs to taxpayers and causing employers either to drop or to not expand Health Insurance coverage. If the president and this is underlined were presented with h. R. 2575, he would veto it, end of quotes. With that very effective, i think, so convincing statement, i hope all listen to it. I reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from michigan reserves. The gentleman from indiana is recognized. Mr. Young mr. Speaker, i cannot believe what i just heard. I heard that individual cases ought not be cited. That thats somehow offlimits mr. Levin if the gentleman will yield . I said true cases, not all cases. I said i didnt know the facts the speaker pro tempore the gentleman from michigan will suspend. The gentleman from indiana is recognized. Mr. Young mr. Speaker, one of my colleagues just cited the example of his son. Lost his insurance despite the promises of this bill during campaign season. He lost his doctor. Saw his insurance premiums and copays go up. These are real lives were talking about. These are real wages we are trying to remedy. This is a 40hour workweek that people depend on. To cite the statement of Administration Policy as somehow being more authoritative than these reallife examples i find simply outputting. Mr. Speaker, i yield four minutes to the distinguished gentleman from minnesota, the chairman of the education and work force committee, mr. Kleine. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for four minutes. Mr. Kline i thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for the education and it faces committee, decisions today. This will strain their ability to effectively help students. Workers and job creators are still struggling in a persistently anemic economy, making it difficult for Many Americans to pay for the bills and provide for their families. Unfortunately, the Health Care Law is making things worse. Thanks to the president s governmentrun scheme, fulltime jobs are being destroyed, not created. Health care costs are going up, not down, and millions of individuals are losing the Health Care Plan they like example of which we heard earlier instead of keeping it, as they were promised, mr. Speaker. This reality isnt limited to just private businesses. Its a reality unfolding in schools, colleges and universities across the country. Recent headlines confirmed in stark detail how the president s Health Care Law is hurting our education system. From the Washington Free beacon, quote, alabama schools face shortage of substitute teachers due to obamacare, closed quote. From the weekly standard, quote, hours cut for North Carolina teachers due to obamacare, closed quote. And just in case my friends from the other side of the aisle would accuse me of selecting only conservative publications, from the new york titles, Public Sector cutting parttime hours to skirt Health Care Law. Closed quote. Aside from press reports, we also heard firsthand accounts of how obamacare is making it harder for School Leaders to meet the needs of students. In december the asked the public to share the committee asked the public to share personal stories. Ileana from st. Anne, minnesota, talked about the dream of teaching at a school. While that dream may have come true she wrote her financial situation is less stable than it was before the Health Care Law. Kate from california informed the committee that her Community College would have to restrict workers hours noting this will hurt the impact to help students. Secretary sebelius once dismissed about jobs lost as, quote, speculation. Yet, for ileana, kate and countless others, the Health Care Law is wreaking havoc on their families, their livelihoods and their schools. While restoring workers hours, it would allow them to earn the wages they deserve. Just as important, the legislation would relieve schools grappling with the Health Care Law. Congress should not stand by while teachers have their hours cut and students receive diminished access to Educational Opportunities all because of bad policies out of washington. Certainly i urge my colleagues to provide relief for our nations workplaces and classrooms by supporting the save American Workers act. And i would point out, as my colleague did, that taking the administrations statement of administrative policy as definitive here defies, frankly, all logic. There is no one in america that would be surprised that the president doesnt want changes to his law unless he unilaterally makes those changes. Because after all, mr. Speaker, if you like your Health Care Plan, you can keep your Health Care Plan, unless you cant. If you like your doctor, mr. Speaker, you can keep your doctor except when you cant. Before i yield back my time, id like to thank the ways and Means Commi