Political Quotes

“The American people are sick and tired of a Federal Government that is out of control. I can't imagine the Founders of this country in that constitutional convention in Philadelphia in 1787 saying: Now, let's think about a government agency established under our Constitution that is going to regulate bricks. No wonder the American people look at the Federal Government and say: Have you lost your mind? What are you doing? These other issues that my colleague talked about are important. But we have to stop here in this Congress to deal with another out-of- control Federal agency--and the EPA is one of the most out-of-control Federal agencies--to protect the American people and, yes, to protect their jobs, to protect the consumers of America from unreasonable increases in the cost of things like bricks because another agency has done something to them. Yes, I think the American people are sick and tired of that, and I do think it is the role of this Congress to do something about it. The EPA would have no power except for the fact that this Congress has delegated its own legislative power to the EPA. Indeed, it is our role to not only provide oversight to that power but, on particular occasions, to take it back. Frankly, in my judgment, we don't take it back enough. If we took it back more, we would be protecting the American people more and their jobs and the cost of things that they buy every day.…”