Political Quotes

On the public record

All Quotes

Every politician on the site, every statement on file. Search, filter, and read the public record.

18,700+·quotes on file

Active
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

No one is arguing on safety issues, but we are arguing on process to be able to make sure that we can get that.

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

The cumulative effect for them has the same thing. So, this is not just an issue of a law that has been passed.

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

Americans are saying, I am getting guidance things that I do not know what to do with.

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

Agencies have only as much rulemaking power as we grant them, so it is incumbent on us to use our legislative power judiciously.

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

OK. Same thing. Do you think that is agency guidance on that one?

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

could there be a court challenge to them creating their own regulatory process

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

the real issue is here there seems to be a change in the reg on it

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

So, I think that is a fair question to ask when they, again, find out one day that there is suddenly a very expensive rule that is going to cost them and their consumers a tremendous amount of money for something they wish they would have…

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

Again, I want to reemphasize that a lot of the issues we are going to talk about today are not about the rules themselves. They are about the process of it.

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

the assumption is made, of course, everyone is keeping up to date with our guidance

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

This does not feel like it went through APA if you are those affected.

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

there is an expectation, as you mentioned before, there are very few significant guidance documents

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

We are absolutely taking seriously some of the recommendations from GAO.

congress.gov
James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 22, 2015

Thank you, all of you, and I am going to do a quick set of questions here and we will go through at a pretty rapid pace on this and then start moving around.

congress.gov