Sen. John Cornyn, the Texas Republican who chairs the GOP’s Senate campaign committee, says “Democrat elites” are missing the “real story” when it comes to the health care bill just passed by Congress.
In talking points being distributed to GOP senate candidates on Tuesday, which were given to The Daily Caller ahead of time, Cornyn argues that Republicans should focus on the health bill’s impact in the job sector.
A number of businesses have made pessimistic announcements since the bill was passed a week ago Sunday. Cornyn’s memo to candidates says that “it’s a story which has been missed or ignored by the Democrat elites in Washington.”
He sums up the recent news:
Businesses across the country – including American job creators John Deere and Caterpillar – announced that this massive legislation will cost their shareholders tens of millions of dollars, placing them in an even more vulnerable economic position against their global competitors. AT&T announced that they would assess, and likely reduce, the health care benefits provided currently to employees. California reported that the bill will add another $2 to $3 billion annually in increased costs, which will ultimately be passed on to taxpayers in the form of higher fees and property taxes. And critical state industries – such as the ski industry in New Hampshire and Colorado – announced they will likely hire fewer workers because they simply cannot afford the higher costs and mandates resulting from this bill.
Cornyn encourages candidates to continue the debate over health care in the coming months, and to try to direct attention to the bill’s impact on business and job creation.