David Schweikert: “This is one of those occasions in which we walk up to the mike, and we always say it is a simple amendment. This one…”

“This is one of those occasions in which we walk up to the mike, and we always say it is a simple amendment. This one really is a simple amendment. Many of us here, particularly myself, have a fixation on information and technology as a dramatically more efficient, safe, and healthy way to regulate. So, if you are going to have a commission looking at agencies, looking at the levels of regulations, looking at the mechanics out there, can it also take a look and make sure it has adopted the most technically appropriate and efficient technology for that regulation? A couple of years ago, when sitting on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, a division of the EPA and these businesses came in, and they brought in stacks of paper that they had to fill out and fax in. Okay. It is absurd in today's world, but that is the way the regs they were up against were written. If you are going to have a commission looking at what is wrong out there, at what can be made more efficient, and at what is inappropriately burdensome, let's also take a look and ask: What can actually be made less burdensome through the use of technology? Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.”