John Mica: “Tomorrow the House of Representatives will have the opportunity to consider the most important regulatory reform issue…”

“Tomorrow the House of Representatives will have the opportunity to consider the most important regulatory reform issue facing the 103d Congress. As we debate the elevation of EPA to a Cabinet level status, Congress has an opportunity to make some sense of the tidal wave of regulations that are bankrupting our State and local governments and putting commerce, industry, and agriculture out of business. Tomorrow we will only have one opportunity to allow risk assessment to be debated by the House. We must defeat the rule which has banned our consideration of this last chance for regulatory reform. We must defeat the rule if we want the voices of our Governors, mayors, and local elected officials to be heard. We must defeat the rule if we want American businesses, factories, and farms to be able to compete in domestic and international markets. I urge my colleagues to give risk assessment a chance. Defeat the rule and say 'no' to unfunded Federal mandates. This may be our last chance in this decade.”