Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in opposition to H.R. 1155, the SCRUB Act, a one-way ratchet with the sole aim of prioritizing costs over benefits through the reckless elimination of rules without consideration of their benefit. This legislation would shift the costs of rules from corporations to consumers, while posing substantial burdens and delays to agencies, thereby undermining public health and safety. Title II of H.R. 1155 prohibits agencies from issuing a single new rule until the agency first offsets the cost of the new rule by repealing an existing rule specified by the commission. These regulatory CutGo provisions would apply to every new agency rule, no matter how important or pressing, for every regulatory agency. For instance, any expert regulatory agency seeking to promulgate a new rule to safeguard vehicles from ignition switch failures, to keeping our water clean from chemical contamination, or to protect our hospitals in the event of an outbreak of an infectious disease would first have to eliminate an existing rule, which would trigger a new rulemaking process altogether to rescind that rule, causing years in delays. Furthermore, title II lacks any mechanism for agencies to issue emergency rules that protect the public and environment from imminent harm. These procedures are dangerous and would tie the hands of agencies responding to public health crises requiring timely regulatory responses.…”