(Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health held a hearing examining the U.S. Treasury Department’s recent announcement to delay the enforcement of Obamacare’s employer mandate for one year:

“Time and time again, the Administration assured taxpayers Obamacare would be ready for operation by 2014. Members of the President’s own cabinet, like Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, assured the House Ways and Means Committee no deadlines would be missed due to complications arising from implementation.

“Yet again, last week, the Administration suffered from memory loss as the Treasury Department announced it is delaying enforcement of Obamacare’s employer mandate for one year. The employer mandate doesn’t simply need to be delayed, it needs to be repealed. That’s why I introduced H.R. 903, the American Job Protection Act. It repeals the employer mandate altogether. I remain committed to repealing Obamacare in its entirety and will continue to vote against it as Congress moves forward.” 

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Recently, two of Boustany’s accomplishments were highlighted (#1 and #3) as defeats to Obamacare. Legislation torepeal the CLASS Act and to repeal the employer mandate (H.R. 903) were both introduced by Congressman Boustany.