Congressman Tim Griffin (AR-02) issued the following statement in response to Baptist Health’s announcement that it is laying off 170 employees:
“Baptist Health’s announcement of layoffs today is terrible news for the employees and their families, and my heart goes out to each of them. As Baptist noted, it’s a grim reminder of how excessive and overly burdensome regulations are hurting our economy and stifling job growth. Also, it stresses the dire need to reform Medicare and Medicaid to save them before they go bankrupt. Unfortunately, our health care coverage is becoming more reliant on a top down, one-size-fits-all, Washington-knows-best approach and today’s news underscores the concerns many Arkansans feel about Obamacare’s implementation.”
Tomorrow, the House will vote on Rep. Griffin’s bill, the Authority for Mandate Delay Act (H.R. 2667), which will delay the application of Obamacare’s employer health insurance mandate for one year, as well as the Fairness for American Families Act (H.R. 2668) that will provide similar relief to those impacted by the individual health insurance mandate.
About Congressman Tim Griffin
Congressman Tim Griffin was re-elected as the 24th representative of Arkansas’s Second Congressional District on November 6, 2012. For the 113th Congress, he is a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means while also serving as an Assistant Whip for the majority. In the 112th Congress, he served as a member of the House Armed Services Committee, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Griffin is a graduate of Hendrix College in Conway and Tulane Law School in New Orleans, and attended graduate school at Oxford University. He has served in the U.S. Army Reserve for 17 years, was deployed to Iraq and holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs for President George W. Bush. Griffin lives in Little Rock with his wife Elizabeth and their two children.
Griffin’s congressional offices are located in Little Rock, Conway and Washington, and are open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CT, except for federal holidays. Office locations and directions are available online at www.Griffin.house.gov, by phone (501) 324-5941 or by writing the Office of Congressman Tim Griffin, 1232 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515.
