Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of my bill, H.R. 277, the REINS Act, the largest regulatory reform bill in American history. I know that sounds pretty major, but the REINS Act is actually a commonsense bill that would require every new major rule costing more than $100 million to be approved by Congress before going into effect. I know that sounds radical to some, but actually, it is quite a bit of common sense. This is a bill that every single Member of this body should support to rein in a largely unchecked bureaucracy that is undermining the role of the very body in which we have the honor to serve. Every single Member in this Chamber should honor and support government transparency, government accountability, and empowerment of their constituents. Mr. Chair, I know that not everyone in Washington wants more power for the people. In fact, during his first 2 years in office, the President added more than $300 billion in new regulatory costs to the economy. That burden was left on the backs of we the American people. Additionally, the American Action Forum found that new rules in his first 2 years of office required 193 million hours of compliance paperwork. Mr. Chair, 193 million hours to comply with new regulations from nameless, faceless bureaucrats who are accountable to no one, certainly not the American people.…”