Congressman Boehner: Time for the Senate to Listen to the American People

On the House floor this morning, Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) challenged Democratic leaders in the Senate to listen to the American people who dont want a government shutdown and dont want ObamaCare and pass the Houses plan to delay the president’s health care law and repeal the medical device tax:  

Mr. Speaker, my colleagues, as I travel around my district and around the country, the American people are worried about their job, theyre worried about their incomes rising, because theyre all under pressure. The economy’s not growing.  Why isn’t it growing

One of the issues thats standing in the way is ObamaCare.  The fact that nobody knows what the rules are, employers scared to death to hire new employees, cutting the hours of many of their current employees, and for what reason

This law is not ready for prime time.  The House has done its work.  We passed a bill on Saturday night – sent it to the United States Senate – that would delay ObamaCare for one year, and would eliminate permanently the medical device tax that is costing us tens of thousands of jobs that are being shipped overseas.

Senate decided not to work yesterday.  Well my goodness, if theres such an emergency, where are they  It’s time for the Senate to listen to the American people just like the House has listened to the American people and to pass a one-year delay of ObamaCare and a permanent repeal of the medical device tax.