Political Quotes

“I have several concerns about this amendment, which seems to ignore the reality of how agencies communicate, along with the well- established process for how EPA proposes and finalizes a rule. First of all, this amendment requires the EPA to conduct additional economic analyses for a broad range of agency actions that could affect agriculture, including guidance documents and policy statements. {time} 1310 Requiring an expensive and time-consuming detailed economic analysis for every policy statement makes no sense. Secondly, this amendment singles out one favored sector for special treatment. Why should we have an entirely different rulemaking process in place for agriculture? If the Republicans are concerned about the rulemaking process, then they should work with us on a bipartisan basis to improve the way rules are adopted for all sectors, not just one. This amendment also isn't necessary. EPA already has to evaluate the costs and benefits of each rule to satisfy requirements and numerous statutes. When issuing a rule, EPA has to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, specific environmental statutes, Executive orders on regulatory planning and review requirements of the Office of Management and Budget, and others. A few minutes ago, we accepted an amendment from the gentleman from Arizona (Mr.…”