Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. As my colleague, Mr. Bentz, read from the Federal Register and then my friend from Colorado read from the rule, the summary of the rule, I thought what would be more intellectually honest is if that summary said the proposed law because this goes way beyond a rule. I also thought, who wrote this? And the answer is: I don't know. It is some nondescript bureaucrat over at the administration that wrote this law. He is rewriting law, and as Congress, we have to stand up to the administration and say: Congress writes the laws, the administration enforces the law, and we have to put a stop to this administrative state that writes laws that have just as much effect as if Congress had passed a law. If Congress wanted to add conservation, restoration, or mitigation to multiple use, then Congress should do that. Right now, the law says: The multiple use is domestic livestock grazing, fish and wildlife development utilization, mineral exploration and production, rights-of-way, outdoor recreation, and timber production. That is the law, and it is time that we put a stop to bureaucrats writing laws that are not held responsible by anybody. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gosar), the chair of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.”