Political Quotes

“I am pleased to rise today as a cosponsor of this Unfunded Mandate Relief Act of 1995. Unfunded Federal mandates certainly become one of the tools of business as usual in today's legislating to improve the quality of living in America. But in reality, they counteract what we are trying to achieve as legislators by forcing exorbitant compliant costs on our State, local and tribal governments. Change is what Americans called for during this last election. This bill takes, I think, a comprehensive approach to changing the way we do business here. It has bipartisan support in both the House and Senate and the support of the States and their respective industries and, I believe, the support of a wide segment of America's taxpaying public. So I am ready to support the passage of this bill when we move to a vote in the Senate. The future of unfunded Federal mandates is about to be changed, and the next step is to move toward providing relief for existing regulations that impose an unbearable cost on State and local governments.”