Cole Supports the Save American Workers Act

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 30, the Save American Workers Act. The legislation repeals the portion in Obamacare that defines 30 hours per week as full-time for employees and replaces it with the traditional American workweek of 40 hours. Cole is an original co-sponsor of the legislation.

"Ever since Obamacare was rammed through the Democrat-led Congress in 2010, implementation of the legislation has proven unworkable, unfair and unaffordable for the American people," said Cole. "One such unaffordable provision includes defining full-time employment as 30 hours per week, rather than the traditional American workweek of 40 hours. This 30-hour definition requires employers to cover previously-unbudgeted insurance costs or pay a penalty. Not only does it hurt employers faced with unexpected insurance costs, but it prevents them from creating new jobs and threatens them from maintaining their current workforce.

"I am pleased that during the first week of the new Republican-led Congress that we are immediately acting to address this failure in the president's unworkable healthcare law and restoring the traditional 40-hour workweek," concluded Cole.

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