At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the health care law’s impact on jobs, employers, and the economy yesterday, the U.S. Chamber’s witness, Scott Womack, testified that:

The goal of providing health insurance coverage is noble, but the restaurant industry can’t afford the steep fines and mandates loaded upon us by the health care bill. Paying the penalties will be devastating for most…..Congress should repeal the health care law. If that cannot be achieved, I urge you to address some of the major problems with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). This bill is a ticking time bomb that will devastate my industry unless significant changes are made. Therefore I am asking you to introduce and pass legislation that would repeal PPACA’s employer mandate.

To read more about this hearing and the impact the health care law will have on employers, see today’s article in The Washington Post entitled “House Republicans sharpen attack on health-care reform in two Hill hearings."