Hank Johnson

My friend and colleague from Pennsylvania pointed out in the Rules Committee last night that it was the approval process that was holding up the dredging project for the Port of Savannah. Just yesterday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution…

To blame the lack of job creation on the inefficiency of regulations is kind of like--it reminds me of when you are downstairs in the bathroom and something is leaking from the upstairs bathroom and then someone tells you that it is…

It is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers), the ranking member of the full Judiciary Committee.

The Federal Government does not create a single job. I don't know exactly how many jobs we are talking about cutting in the Federal Government from the drawdown of the defense, but there will certainly be less federally employed Army…

This amendment would prohibit an agency from considering the social cost of carbon--social cost of carbon--in an agency's environmental review of a proposed construction project. This amendment ignores the fundamental reality that climate…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from West Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Webster of Florida The CHAIR. It is…

This amendment would make the so-called RAPID Act, which, by the way, I would rename, as our caucus has done, the Regrettably Another Partisan Ideological Distraction Act. This RAPID Act will apply retroactively to construction projects…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 229, noes 179, not voting 22, as follows: [Roll No. 113] AYES--229…

I thank the Rules Committee for making my amendment in order and urge my colleagues to support my commonsense amendment to protect the right of the public to comment on Federal projects under the NEPA review process. The purpose of my…

It is really a matter of what is the impact of over-criminalization on society.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 236, noes 179, not voting 15, as follows: [Roll No. 78] AYES--236…

You actually get punished for having a trial and taking the stand and testifying.

Earlier this week, we had a declaration that this week would be ``stop government abuse'' week. My colleagues on the other side called for us to commemorate this week by the introduction of draconian anti- safety legislation that would…

I think everyone can agree that the Federal agencies need the resources to be able to go back and review and rescind and repeal any unnecessary regulations, but we have been busy cutting government for the last 3 years. This legislation…

This amendment reminds me of how things used to be when I was a young parent and I had my children at home. When it came time for my favorite TV program, I would tell them to go upstairs and clean up their room again. They would say…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, though I am in support of this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

This amendment harkens me back to the time when my kids were young and when I was trying to make sure that they would not jump into something where one of their schoolmates might be being bullied, and then they would jump in on the part of…

Mining, construction work, manufacturing, those are the kinds of livelihoods that have made this country a great nation, people being able to go to work with a lunchbox in hand and work hard every day, make a decent wage. By the way, $7.25…

The gentleman speaks eloquently as a lawyer, and he makes excellent points. Regulations do cost. So out of a $15 trillion gross domestic product, $1.8 trillion dedicated for regulatory expenses which protect lives--I can't put a value on…

My colleague from Alabama said that we all need to come together to find real solutions to create jobs. I submit that one way that we could create jobs, in addition to making sure that we have equal pay for equal work and that we increase…

It is to my horror that I would agree to this amendment, but it simply corrects a drafting error. So we do not oppose this amendment. It makes a thoroughly flawed bill slightly less thoroughly flawed. With that, I yield back the balance of…

As the designee of Mr. Cartwright, I am offering amendment No. 1. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, after line 4, the table of sections is amended to read as follows: ``Sec…

This amendment simply strikes the moratorium provisions in title I of the bill. Madam Chair, a regulatory moratorium makes absolutely no sense. Cass Sunstein, the former head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, has…

The majority is pursuing this legislation in complete disregard of various recent examples of regulatory failure. These include the Massey coal mine explosion in West Virginia which took the lives of 29 miners. In fact, next month will…

This amendment would add an additional level of analysis in the regulatory process that examines whether or not regulations have a negative impact on jobs and wages. Adding this additional requirement that is highly speculative and…