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Madam President, I am pleased to join Senator Collins and Senators Van Hollen, Cortez Masto, and Klobuchar in introducing legislation that would permanently reauthorize the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, the Council or…
When we do not properly regulate, sometimes it means that trains carrying dangerous chemicals can derail in our communities, putting thousands of people at risk.
We cannot place companies' greed over public and worker safety and the cleanliness of our air, water, and land.
Congress already has the power to oversee agency rulemaking, and agencies can only exercise authority that we grant them.
Regulations ensure that our air is safe to breathe, our water is safe to drink, our food is safe to eat.
This is nothing more than a congressional power grab that will lead to even more deregulation that puts people at risk.
Under the REINS Act, railroads would have even more leeway to influence rules like this one.
Regulations protect people in the first place. They help keep disasters like East Palestine from happening.
they're hired in these agencies of the Federal Government because they bring with them life-saving training and science and expertise that we don't have as Members of Congress.
It's important to remember why we have regulations in the first place.
Certainly, in a negative way. We should be listening to those workers.
The REINS Act would grind the gears of rulemaking to a halt by requiring all major rules to be affirmatively approved by both Chambers of Congress.
Prudence should be our watch word it seems.
I want to particularly thank Commissioner Serna, as a government official, for coming here to tell the story of her county and her experience in New Mexico.
I want to particularly thank Commissioner Serna, as a government official, for coming here to tell the story of her county and her experience in New Mexico.
Madam President, I am delighted to follow Leader Schumer, for whom this has been such an important issue. I am confident that we will gather our caucus together to be as effective as we can. Today is International Women's Day, but this…
I want to thank Senator Padilla and Senator Lujan for recommending witnesses to us.