Richard B. Nugent: “Once again I want to thank my colleague from Florida for his eloquent words. It is about America getting back on track.…”

“Once again I want to thank my colleague from Florida for his eloquent words. It is about America getting back on track. It is about America worrying about regulations that are going to kill jobs. As I mentioned earlier, the President is even concerned that overregulation by the EPA would do just that, kill jobs when we can least afford it. {time} 1330 If you look at this act, what we're talking about doing is not eliminating anything. It's about saying 15 months to get it together at the EPA, to look at it, and let's not kill jobs in America. It gives 5 years, then, for those businesses that I've met with that are more than willing to do their fair share to keep the air that we breathe and the water that we drink clean and pure. I live in Florida. Mr. Hastings lives in Florida. We depend upon clean air and water in Florida just like many other States. So, Mr. Speaker, I support this rule and encourage my colleagues to support it as well. Despite what President Obama and Vice President Biden would have you think--giving a bus tour and the Vice President's being in Land O' Lakes, Florida--speeches don't create jobs. For the President, it may be a joke to say shovel-ready jobs, you know, weren't as shovel ready as we thought with the first stimulus package, but the American people footed that bill, and it's no joke to them. Mr. President and Mr. Vice President need to recognize the reality that H.R. 2250 and H.R.…”