mr. kline: almost a year ago, the democrats launched a $1 trillion government takeover of health care that increases spending by $500 billion over 10 years. the 2,6700 page law led to more than 4,000 pages of new rules and regulations and the law is only 10 months old. the uncertainty of what this all means for individuals and businesses today and in the months and years to come is having a chilling effect on the country's job creators. a number of provisions of the law will undermine job creation and economic growth but perhaps none is as alarming as the employer mandate. for the first time in the nation's history, employers with more than 50 workers are required, are required, to provide government-approved health care coverage. those who do not or cannot afford to will be forced to pay a $2,000 penalty for every worker beyond the first 30. if you are a small business owner with 50 workers and you cannot afford to provide government-approved health insurance to your workers, adding one additi

mr. klinee democrats launched a $1 trillion government takeover of health care that increases spending by $500 billion over 10 years. the 2,6700 page law led to more than 4,000 pages of new rules and regulations and the law is only 10 months old. the uncertainty of what this all means for individuals and businesses today and in the months and yrs to come is having a chilling effect on the country's job creators. a number of provisions of the law will undermine job creation and economic growth but perhaps none is as alarming as the employer mandate. for the first time in the nation's history, employers with more than 50 workers are required, are required, to provide government-approved health care coverage. those who do not or cannot afford to will be forced to pa a $2,000 penalty for every worker beyond the first 30. if you are a small business owner with 50 workers and you cannot afford to provide government-approved health insurance to your workers, adding one additional employee in the payro

the rules committee did deal with the bill here, but, mr. kline were there any hearings in the education committee? >> not, not on the senate bill, no. >> not on the senate bill that is the bail that passed. that is the bill that passed. mr. king, would you like to add anything to that? >> we didn't have jurisdiction, so there were no hearings in the jewish dish recommittee. we would have liked to have had jurisdiction to have been approved in final policy. >> well, mr. chairman, i just want to say to back up what you and chairman dreier have said, republicans are very concerned that we have affordable health insurance and affordable health care in this country. what passed in this congress does not provide that to the american people. in fact, what it does is give government control over insurance and health care for the american people. that is not what this republic is about. we are not to give our lives to the government. we don't live in a nanny state. and this repeal needs to be done so that we can get on with putting in common sense reforms

mr. kline: saturday was a dark day for the residents of tucson, arizona, and our nation. in the blink of an eye, the lives of men, women, and children going about their daily routines were forever changed. one troubled, twisted soul robbed six innocent individuals of their lives and cast ta dark shadow over a fundamental right of our democracy. the exchange of ideas between a representative and the community she represents. madam speaker, in an effort to find meaning in this tradge dirk it is tempting to assign blame or draw conclusions in support of a larger pattern. but what we witnessed this weekend is void of rationale. we must recognize the disaster for the senseless act it is, but we should not stop there. as the men and women rerepresent mourn those who were lost and rally to support a brave public servant who is battling for her life, we in this body have a responsibility to lead the way. we must demonstrate our resolve to continue the important work of listening to our constituents and legislating on their behalf. we must press on, undeterred by panic, in carryin

mr. kline: saturday was dark day for the residents of tucson, arizona, and our nation. in the blink of an eye, the lives of men, women, and children going about their daily routines were forever changed. one troubled, twisted soul robbed s innocent individuals of the lives and cast ta dark shadow over a fundamental right of our democracy. the exchange of ideas between a representative and the community she represents. madam speaker, in an effort to find meaning in this tradge dirk it is tempting to assign blame or draw conclusions in supporof a larger pattern. but what we witnessed this weekend is void of rationale. we must recognize the disaster for the senseless act it is, but we should not stop there. as the men and women rerepresent mourn those who re lost and rally to support a brave public servant who is battling for her life, we in this body have a responsibility to lead the way. we must demonstrate our resolve to continue the important work of listening to our constituents and legislating on their behalf. we must press on, undeterred by panic, in carrying out th

the gentleman from minnesota, mr. kline, the gentleman from mr. fuller, the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, each will ol control 45 minutes. the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ryan, the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen, the gentleman from maryland, mr. smith, the gentleman from maryland, mr. conyers, the gentleman from missouri, mr. graves and the gentlewoman from new york, ms. ve laz quezz each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ryan. mr. ryan: i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ryan: i'm going to begin by saying why we're doing this i want to get into the accounting of all this later in the debate but let me say why we are here. we are here because we heard the american people in the last election. we are here because we believe it's really important to do in office what you said you would do. we said we would have a straight up or down vote to repeat -- to repeal this health care law and that's precise