Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to H.R. 998, the SCRUB Act. This ill-advised bill would require agencies to undertake a regulatory cut-go process to repeal rules identified by the Commission, with little to no consideration of the benefits, prior to issuing any new rule. The SCRUB Act's regulatory cut-go procedures are unsafe, dangerous, and would tie the hands of agencies responding to public health crises requiring timely regulatory responses. In fact, this bill lacks any mechanism for consideration of public health and safety, thus leaving no option for agencies to issue emergency rules to protect the public and environment from imminent harm. The bill's proponents may claim that the title I of the H.R. 1155 would allow the Commission to consider whether the costs of the bill are not justified by the benefit to society. But as witnesses testified during the Judiciary Committee's consideration of a previous version of this bill, the catch-all language of subsection (h)(2)(I) would allow the Commission to completely disregard any benefit of regulation. In both Republican and Democratic administrations, the benefits of our system of regulatory protections have made our country safer, stronger, healthier, and cleaner. While consideration of the costs of regulations is important, there is overwhelming consensus that the benefits of regulation vastly exceed the costs.…”