This rule and the underlying legislation, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from texas. Reserves the balance of his time. The gentlelady from new york is recognized. Ms. Slaughter mr. Speaker, before i yield time id like to ask unanimous consent to insert in the record the article from the New York Times this morning entitled Health Plan Costs for new yorkers to fall 50 . The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Ms. Slaughter i yield two minutes to the gentleman from connecticut, mr. Courtney. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from connecticut is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Courtney thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the premise of h. R. 2667, the employer mandate bill, which is part of the rule here today, is that somehow that the administration overreached by announcing this postponement of the employer tax measure which was part of the Affordable Care act. The fact
Stephanie awesome. So glad theyre getting it done. Stephanie let me get this straight. Were paying them with taxpayer money . Lots. Stephanie thats awesome. Nicely done. Nicely done. Way to go, everybody. Okay. Shell put on her nurse jacki cap for hour number two. Her in her jaunty news cap Jacki Schechner. The zimmerman trial may be over but the conversation continues about the tragic death of Trayvon Martin and what we can do moving forward to make changes both to society and to the law that governs us. Hillary clinton spoke before an africanamerican sorority group last night referencing the deep heartache that saturdays not guilty verdict has brought to the families involved and to the community at large. And as attorney general eric holder addressed the Naacp Convention in orlando yesterday. He got personal saying that the issues at the core of the case are the same ones that forced his father to sit down and talk to him years ago as a young black man who may encounter Law Enforcem
money but on the other hand you have people on the other side like john boehner saying, you know, we re talking about the delay of the employer mandate and that s a bad thing. do you think the president s strategy which is not to talk about that but to focus on money and access is the right strategy here? i think the first message on health care had been health care. now the message is affordable. that s clearly what we re seeing even from the statistics. a state like new york that s taking part in the affordable health care act can show that, you know, the savings are enormous, 50% can we show you that. the front page of the new york times today health plan costs for new yorkers set to fall 50%. we re talking going from $1,000 a month to $308 and one of the quotes, it s like going from bergdorf to filene. what would stop a red state governor from going ahead.