Some of the fears expressed are understandable, but I think if you look at the respective bills Mr. Rogers and I have introduced, they are limited pilot programs and they keep the small business set-aside entirely intact.

The success of these small businesses is what is helping to drive the economic recovery.

If regulations and economical growth were inversely related, then sub-Saharan Africa would have the most productive economy on earth.

We do need to take cognizance of unintended consequences that strengthen the hands of forces we would prefer be weakened.

Now you have got a minority-owned business successful in that category that has to compete with the big guys.

I believe the two, in fact, are extensions of each other.

Their testimony, their assertions, are absolutely false. My legislation does not in any way change the size standards of the existing program and in fact explicitly has a provision that this pilot program at GSA for mid-tier companies to…

At this point we have got--whatever we think about GSEs, the percentage now is too high.

I would love to see us look not only at the European model, but I would also like us to see what has become an article of faith...

I am trying to do what my constituents want and what I think my constituents need in order to create jobs.

And it is also our job then to review those laws to determine whether or not we believe it in the best interest of the United States and if the public believes that there is something we should do that we should change it which is why the…

The EPA has gotten to a point where they are killing jobs, whether they mean to or not.

So you understand that it is in fact the legislature's job that all of us, as many have already stated, it is our job to go out and listen to our constituents and then we face election each year.

But you would agree that any good lawyer has been wrong at some point in time as to what the courts might do, would you not?

I just returned back from visiting our Pacific partners last week, and I heard loud and clear from them.

I would like to introduce into the record the following letters in support of H.R. 2250, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011.

We would like to see evidence that actually shows that these regulations would in fact, not extrapolated theories or models, but would in fact cause the problems.

I came off this break doing the Labor Day parade in Covington, which is sponsored by the union there.