In a new video, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., responded to questions and comments about Wyoming businesses and employees suffering under Obamacare’s employer mandate, along with questions about his new position chairing the Senate Budget Committee. Wyoming constituents sent question and comments to Enzi during the past couple of weeks through Facebook and Twitter, from phone calls to his D.C. and Wyoming offices, and from email and written letters.

Obamacare Forcing Wyoming Employers to Cut Hours                  

“There are a lot of people out there now that are working two jobs because they don’t have the 40 hours…They are working 58 hours and not getting any overtime. That’s one way that the employees are being hurt dramatically. But businesses aren’t allowed to expand without seeing huge fines against them unless they provide exactly what the president wants. So many of them have canceled the kind of insurance they were able to provide before.”

 “There could be more jobs out there but we have got to change that 30 hours back to 40 hours, and hopefully eliminate the 50 employee requirement, and allow people to be able to buy the kind of insurance they want to buy, and make sure that everyone can have insurance.”

 Enzi As New Chairman of the Budget Committee

 “What I am trying to do is come up with a responsible budget that first of all will be on-time. April 15 is when we are supposed to have it finished…I want to have it resolved with the House and finished by April 15. And the main reason is that once we set those parameters and get the enforcement process for the budget in place, the people on the spending committee can go to work and see that the best projects are done, and the duplication is ended, and that could make a huge difference in our spending.”

 Senator Enzi records “Collecting Common Sense from Wyoming for Washington” videos periodically when the Senate is in session. He encourages Wyoming residents to continue sharing their thoughts, ideas, and questions. For individual responses, constituents should email him through his web page – www.enzi.senate.gov.