Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I am glad we agreed finally on the second thing, and that is we are going around in circles. I want to make a couple quick points as I round the barn one more time. The most CRAs done in a year was in the 115th Congress. Mr. Speaker, 17, only 17--which by the way, that is the same year that Mike Lee had 13 feet of regulations promulgated by the administrative state. I just want to remind you what happens in the last year and why this is critical. Regulatory promulgation kind of goes at a flat line. Then that last year of a Presidency, of an administration, boom, it spikes up. It spikes up. That is the reality. That is why we have always had the 60-day lookback. If it extends now to the whole year, if it were to do that, you are going to be dealing with a spike. I am just getting back to this point. If the most you have ever looked at ever is 17 in a year, then you don't know what the other hand is doing, the other hand being the administrative state. I am just saying let's do it. Let's look at them, and let's make this work. Mr. Speaker, I urge everyone to pass this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.”