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| https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-supports-bill-restore-wages-protect-jobs-health-care-law | Greg Walden supports bill to restore wages, protect jobs from health care law | 2014-04-03 | 2014 | 2014-04 | Republican | House | OR | Greg Walden | W000791 | walden.house.gov | legacy | Greg Walden supports bill to restore wages, protect jobs from health care law WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) today supported the Save American Workers Act to repeal the Affordable Care Act's 30-hour definition of full time employment and restore the traditional 40-hour work week. It passed the U.S. House by a vote of 248-179. Walden is a co-sponsor of this important bill. Today, the House acted to protect workers in Oregon and nationwide from another problem with the health care law: the 30-hour work week. Buried in this 906 page law is a mandate on employers to provide insurance to those who are full-time workers.I've owned a small business in Oregon with my wife since 1986. To meand probably youfull time means 40-hour work weeks. To those who wrote this law, it means a 30-hour work week, Walden said. As a result, small and large employers are cutting back the hours of workers to just less than 30 a week to avoid this costly mandate. A drop of 10 work hours a week is a big, 25% hit in pay. A father in Grants Pass wrote to me explaining that his daughtera single motherhad her hours cut back and could no longer afford to live on her own and moved back home. I've heard similar stories from Oregonians all throughout the districtincluding Medford, Bend, and Prineville. That's why the House passed a bill today that says a full time worker is one who works 40 hours a week, not 30. This important change will help workers like that mom in Grants Pass. According to the Hoover Institution, 2.6 million Americans earning less than $30,000 per year are at risk of having their wages and hours cut as a result of this definition. Investor's Business Daily has kept a running tally of more than 400 employers nationwide who have already cut hours because of Obamacare. For more information on the Save American Workers Act, please click here. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |