Political Quotes

“I rise to support S. 343, the Comprehensive Regulatory Reform Act of 1995, and in strong opposition to the amendment offered by our friends, the Senators from Ohio and Rhode Island. Let Members know at the outset that the Dole-Johnston substitute is not a regulatory repeal act. It is not a regulatory prohibition act. It is, in fact, a strong, regulatory reform act. It reforms the way Government regulations are issued, with three goals in mind: First, to bring accountability to the bureaucrats writing the regulation and, just as importantly, to those in Congress, who, after all, write the laws that generate those regulations; second, it attempts to bring a little common sense to the regulations that are issued; third, it brings a little more honesty to the way we talk about what we are regulating and why some truth in regulating is necessary. I am afraid that the Glenn-Chafee amendment comes up short when measured by these criteria. This is an effort to go back to the status quo. It will ensure we stay where we are. It would fail to ensure that Government agencies obey the law and follow common sense like the rest of Americans have to do. If the Glenn-Chafee amendment were to be adopted, we might as well do nothing--for that is, in fact, what will happen. There will be no change. Same old 6's and 7's, the same old way we have been doing things. It is my contention that we simply cannot afford to do nothing. We cannot accept the status quo.”