Well, enacting too many regulations is as destructive as enacting too few, which is an easy statement to make.
I think that is one reason why the legislation in Indiana that passed last year with five no votes throughout both legis...
Chairman Blumenthal, thank you, Ranking Member Hatch.
I want to thank you for your courtesy and fairness in putting together this hearing.
We have got to find a way that regulations mean something, that they are enacted quickly, that they are dis-enacted when...
The Labor Department says that women are more likely to work in jobs without a retirement plan, more likely to invest co...
This is a Subcommittee that really can make a difference in the lives of many people and in the safety of their lives.
Thank you, Ranking Member Hatch. I would like to start by making three basic points.
Just like the controls on smoking you have championed throughout your career in Congress, Senator Hatch, the chemical an...
I am proud of you and very pleased to be able to work with you on this Committee.
Your prepared testimony gave the example about regulations that tripled the cost of asthma inhalers.
Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
There are very different perspectives on the costs and benefits of regulation.
The excessive costs that result from overregulatory activities we can dent and maybe save the taxpayers a lot of money.
I think at some point when you collect that much data on that many people--whether it is that much data on one person, t...
We were unable to speak about this publicly because we have secret procedures being undertaken pursuant to secret law.
As I understand it, the NSA's collection of metadata... is accomplished pursuant to Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act.
I do not want the Government having that information. It is not the Government's information.
