I am disturbed that you would say, Mr. Chairman, it is a shame we were being distracted by this

I am just really perplexed. I don't understand your processes, and I don't follow it.

But wouldn't you agree, based on what I have heard here today, that you have made a decision.

We must be relentless in preparing for the next event.

We must keep in mind the needs of all Americans affected by this severe weather, and do all that we can to help them restore their livelihoods.

The leaders at all levels of government must highlight the need for a renewed and increased focus on improving our emergency preparedness measures.

I thank you.

What is that?

So it is a much stricter standard than exists in most workplaces.

A recent report by the American Council for Technology Industry on government best practices for social media recordkeeping identified the need to develop communications between social media team and records management as best practice No…

Isn't it a fact that if they are coming from outside the United States and we drive manufacturing... to other countries like China, India, or Mexico, aren't we, in fact, increasing the likelihood or increasing the amount of mercury that…

Unless we are planning to build a big glass globe around the country, we could shut everything down and still this won't change. It will get worse.

I really appreciate this Committee's interest in examining the merits of legislative reforms that alter both the procedures by which regulations are developed and the decision criteria on which they are based.

The REINS Act would require a congressional vote before a major new regulation can become effective.

I do think it is time to question how we can go about this process in a much smarter way and a more cost accountable way.

I actually think rules and regulations are important, and I am not here to question the whole need for regulations.

Senator Collins' CURB Act would codify the requirements to examine regulatory costs and benefits currently embodied in Executive Orders.

Senator Portman's Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act and Senators Snowe and Coburn's FREEDOM Act.