Rep. Graves Votes to Repeal Part of Obamacare, Restore 40 Hour Work Week

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Tom Graves

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) voted in favor of the Save American Workers Act of 2015 (H.R. 30), a bipartisan bill to repeal Obamacare’s definition of “full-time employee” as 30 hours per week and restore the traditional definition of 40 hours. According to the Hoover Institute, Obamacare’s 30-hour definition puts 2.6 million workers at risk for reduced hours. Their research also shows that 89 percent of the impacted workers do not have a college degree, while 63 percent of affected workers are women. H.R. 30 passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 252 to 172.

“Obamacare’s 30-hour work week has seriously hurt hard-working Georgians who are just trying to make ends meet,” Rep. Graves said. “By restoring the traditional 40-hour work week, families will have more money to pay their rent, put gas in their tank and maybe a little left over to save for a family vacation. The president has a simple choice: cling to one of the most destructive parts of Obamacare or work with Republicans to repeal it and return billions of dollars to American workers.”

Rep. Graves co-sponsored the Save American Workers Act (H.R. 2575) in the 113th Congress, which passed the House of Representatives on April 3, 2014; however, it was never taken up by the Democrat-led Senate. Rep. Graves has also voted to repeal Obamacare in its entirety more than 40 times.