Hank Johnson: “Lastly, I would point out that there is a strongly worded veto threat by the President about this legislation should it…”

“Lastly, I would point out that there is a strongly worded veto threat by the President about this legislation should it ever find its way to the Senate and to the President's desk. The President points out that this legislation is not in the public interest and that it would add needless complexity and delay to the judicial review of regulatory actions. For those reasons, among other things, he has issued a veto threat. So this is a piece of legislation that is a messaging piece. My friends on the other side of the aisle know that it is not going anywhere, but it is promoting their message, which is deregulation. Despite all of the regulation and legislation needed to address pertinent issues that the American people are demanding action on right now--the Zika virus, Puerto Rico, gun violence, and gun reform legislation--there are so many other things that we could and should be working on, but instead we are enthralled here with these messaging bills that are not going anywhere. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.”