Then why didn't you have the data? Why were these things missing?

In some respects, I feel like I am dealing with Syria policy; I don't really know who the good guys are out there.

So you are ultimately responsible for this.

There needs to be a permanent IG appointed and it would give some more credibility to the reports that are coming out of your office.

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 and manufacturing sectors have fought these important rules with a disinformation strategy that should sound quite…

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.

I respect how important it is to work in the best interests of our workers in this country and people in general, just consumers in general.

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.

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 legislative chambers is so important, to review regulations after their effective date.

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 they do not work.

The Labor Department says that women are more likely to work in jobs without a retirement plan, more likely to invest conservatively, more likely to live longer than men.