Andy Biggs

Unfortunately, the previous Administration must have skimmed over that part of the Constitution.

The Tenth Amendment protects States from being bullied by the federal government.

The OECD, which is a group of developed countries, has done surveys of government pay for different positions in those developed countries

Unfortunately, IRIS has evolved into a program plagued by inefficiencies and a lack of transparency, resulting in questionable science that can have a significant impact on the marketplace.

This legislation ensures that chemical assessments conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be transparent, reliable, and useful for program offices to carry out EPA's core mission of protecting human health and the…

I thank Chairman Smith, Vice Chairman Lucas, Environment Subcommittee Chairman Norman, Representatives Rohrabacher, Posey, Weber, Babin, Higgins, Lesko, Hultgren, Abraham, Webster, Marshall, and Dunn for cosponsoring this important…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to speak on behalf of my bill, the Improving Science in Chemical Assessments Act.

This letter acknowledges that IRIS has had a, quote, 'routine lack of transparency in the program, as well as failures in efficiency and direction that have mired the credibility of the program,' close quote.

The legislation will ensure that EPA's program offices conduct chemical assessments in a timely manner consistent with the best available science.

Amendment V: ``No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual…

I am not in favor of fixing Social Security by raising or eliminating the so called tax max on payroll taxes.

We have to start thinking about things from a generational perspective.

A system that is in worse shape than Detroit's pension systems is not fundamentally sound.

How much worse does this problem have to get before both political parties step up to the plate and fix Social Security?

Saving for retirement is our job as individuals. Fixing retirement programs is your job as members of Congress, and I respectfully suggest that we all get down to business.

You would be more open to revenues perhaps than you would be if you did not have the Medicare problem.

Social Security is doing a lot of things not very well.

I think the libertarian argument cuts both ways. I am all for cutting government. Is this the first thing we should cut? I don't really think so.

Whether to alter the terms of Federal retirement benefits, salaries, or other terms of employment is up to Congress to decide.

Congress has to be very aware that it is the ones that makes the decisions.

Disability covers a range of infirmities that can go from a slight impairment of your ability to work to a total impairment.

If people don't feel a program is fair, then the political support does tend to fall apart.

I believe the effects would be larger on the small business end than they would be for individuals working for other employers.

I believe that we need to concentrate on economy-level goals of work, saving, investment, the things that will strengthen the economy.

Like all taxes on earnings, Social Security taxes reduce the award from work, which tends to decrease how much people work.