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

Significant and guidance is really the exception, not the rule.

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

we are still a Nation of the people, by the people, for the people, which would mean people should still have engagement with their government.

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

Do you believe that memo is an agency guidance? Is that the perspective that it is a guidance document, not a new regulation, when that came out?

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

developing their own process seems to go away and you just have to do it this way

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

If we are going to do that, should we not actually go through the full process and to be able to say, new people are affected by this that were not previously affected.

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

Cost-benefit analysis is a really specific term that is used in the process of rulemaking.

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

That is a change, where someone who is not under it now suddenly is under it by a shift, by design.

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

Even the Department of Education put out a press release related to that saying that this is groundbreaking.

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

Make it stop. Every time I turn on my computer in the morning, there is a new set of guidance that are coming down to me.

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

Well, since we are jumping in here, can I just ask a quick follow up. How many agencies have a process where they are systematically going back through their guidance documents...

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

I hear from them that they feel the government is really out to get them through some of these memorandums and changes.

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

that rule as it stands now, and that conversation about that from the NLRB, could have some of the most significant long-term impact on our economy

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 21, 2015

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 231, H.R. 2051. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R…

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 21, 2015

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendment be agreed to, that the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 21, 2015

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 260, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution…

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 21, 2015

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 21, 2015

Mr. President, I understand there are two bills at the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the first time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 3134) to…

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James Lankford
@jameslankford· Republican · OK· Sep 21, 2015

Mr. President, I now ask for a second reading, and I object to my own request, all en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bills will be read for the second time on the next legislative day. ____________________

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