Political Quotes

“I will support the Moran amendment because I think it is an improvement over the text that has been submitted to this Committee of the Whole. But I do not think it goes far enough. I would hope that when we go into conference with the other body, the managers of this legislation will look with great care at the other body's stand on this very issue. In the other body, in their unfunded mandates legislation, there is an explicit provision saying that there should not be judicial review. I think that is appropriate, for the very simply reason that judicial review can tie up regulations for a very, very long time and leave a great deal of uncertainly about what the regulations will in fact be in the long term. Section 202 of H.R. 5 provides that before promulgating a final regulation containing a Federal mandate, the agency would have to prepare a detailed statement analyzing a number of different factors, economic and other impacts of the regulation.”