Hire Our Heroes Act

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Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, the President's takeover
of our Nation's health care system burdens small businesses and
veterans seeking jobs. ObamaCare's employer mandate hurts small
businesses' ability to hire employees while veterans already face a
tough job market.

I am grateful the House yesterday passed the Hire More Heroes Act, a
bipartisan bill to exempt veterans who already receive health care
benefits through the VA and TRICARE from being counted in the number
that must receive employer coverage.

This policy change encourages businesses to hire veterans and
provides relief to employers to create jobs. I appreciate South
Carolina Attorney General Bob Livingston working with Colonel Ronnie
Taylor on Operation Palmetto Employment to reduce veteran unemployment
from 16 to 3 percent.

Potential for employment should not be restricted by the failures of
ObamaCare, and I am grateful one of the first votes of the 114th
Congress supports veterans and creates jobs.

Also, God bless our troops, and the President, by his actions, must
never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism. Our
sympathy to America's first ally, France, on the terrorist attack today
in Paris.

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