I think it is 2 years. I am just trying to figure out if it was a 2-year time period for them to be able to actually work through the process.

As Senator Lankford said, despite enjoying bipartisan support from Presidents of both parties for the last 30 years, these procedures have not been codified in statute.

I think judicial review is important. I think it is the accountability that you had mentioned before.

I do think this is a big issue. We have so few laws that are being passed right now and such large effects on things.

Regulatory reform should not be a partisan issue. It should be a conversation about how we actually deal with actual business and operations.

It does seem that we can quantify the costs, but the benefits seem to get out of balance at times.

I would tell you, when I talk to those that are regulated, they struggle with a place to go when they have a complaint, when they feel like something is truly not working.

The independent agency bill is something that Presidents of both parties have talked about over the years.

Mr. President, I do have concerns as well. Typically we reward people for a change of behavior; that is good behavior, going from bad to good--not static, old, bad behavior. The concern I have is with Iran. We have seen no change in…

We would like to have these commonly agreed upon principles be codified into statute.

The concern that I have that I want to be able to talk a little bit about today is the time period.

Why didn't the EPA ask the Inspector General or another Federal agency or group like the National Academies that does not have a conflict of interest?

Did EPA designate the clean up here as time critical to cut corners and avoid having to do a detailed engineering study?

Are you aware that delaying publication until the end of October interferes with the ability of Congress and the public to legally challenge the rules before the big show in Paris?

I understand that.

This is significant, though, and we need to know.

Passing long overdue reforms to our Federal mining law which has not been updated since 1872 is critical if we want to address the root cause of this disaster.

I again look forward to working with my colleagues from Colorado and New Mexico.