Hank Johnson: “Have Members ever heard of any legislation that purports to take power back from unelected bureaucrats and then places…”

“Have Members ever heard of any legislation that purports to take power back from unelected bureaucrats and then places it right back in the hands of a bureaucrat in the same piece of legislation? This is ridiculous. Title IV of H.R. 5 would automatically delay the effective date of any rule exceeding $1 billion in costs that is challenged in court, regardless of whether the party challenging the rule has any likelihood of success on the merits, is actually harmed by the rule, or whether staying the rule would be contrary to public interest. {time} 1500 So while they sit here and take the rights of regular, ordinary working people to sue corporations under the guise of so-called tort reform, they turn around in this legislation, open the courthouse door wide to corporations to come in and file frivolous complaints against a regulation and automatically stall it. This is ridiculous. This legislation is rife with corporate protections at the expense of the people, and I ask my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this legislation.”