Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, today in Washington, bureaucrats are able to craft and enforce rules that cost our economy billions of dollars while remaining aloof to the consequences of their actions. There remains a disconnect between those who write these rules in the comfort of the Beltway, generating reams of red tape, and the actions taken by the courts or Congress to delay or roll back those same rules. When a regulator has overreached, they have wrongfully robbed American citizens of their benefits, of their labor, and their means of productivity. Today there is really no penalty for those who overreach. I believe regulators should be more prudent and measured when drafting and issuing rules and regulations. {time} 1950 My amendment simply calls agency bureaucrats to account when they exceed their delegated authority. Section 104 of the underlying bill permits a court to award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to a small business when they prevail in a suit against an agency that has exceeded their statutory regulatory authority. My amendment takes this as a step further by requiring any attorney's fees and costs be paid out of the administrative budget of the particular office that is found to have exceeded that authority. I believe this will give regulators greater pause before they issue regulations and will cause them to double-check to make sure that they are on solid ground.…”