“Countless neighbors of mine employed by Sesame Place -which is a division of SeaWorld Entertainment–have been told that their hours will be cut back, presumably to comply with the crushing costs and regulations associated with the so-called Affordable Care Act. Adding insult to injury, they’re being told that their health care is being terminated”, said Rep. Fitzpatrick.
On September 19, 2013 Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representative for one minute regarding the healthcare crisis in America.
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to relay disturbing, but not surprising, news about the President’s health care law, news that is coming back from my district in Pennsylvania.”
“Countless neighbors of mine employed by Sesame Place -which is a division of SeaWorld Entertainment–have been told that their hours will be cut back, presumably to comply with the crushing costs and regulations associated with the so-called Affordable Care Act. Adding insult to injury, they’re being told that their health care is being terminated”, he said.
“Simply put, Mr. Speaker, President Obama made promises to the American people; and right now, those promises are not being kept. People were told that if they liked their plan that they could keep it. We were told that the health care law would not raise taxes, only to later see that 20 taxes are being used to fund this law. These promises have been broken, and my neighbors are seeing it. And they are seeing it up close, and they are seeing it personally. This law is hurting real people in my district and around the country. And it must be repealed, and it must be replaced”, said Rep. Fitzpatrick (source: Congressional Record http://thomas.loc.gov/).
Rep. Fitzpatrick is a member of the House Committee on Financial Services, Vice-Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.