Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, it has been said--and we have moved beyond the old adage many times--if it moves, regulate it; or, if it exists, to regulate it. It is an interesting paradigm today because it is time for Washington to focus on creating a regulatory system that is flexible, allowing the market to decide the optimal path to implementation. Regulations should be expedient and unambiguous, seeking to minimize the uncertainty facing industries and small businesses, and we must encourage innovation and bringing new products and processes not only to market, but to office places everywhere. Outdated regulations should be cleared off of the books, especially those created by those unelected. As we have been here today--and I have, listening to the arguments-- what is amazingly--from our side, I have wanted to talk about regulation and the overreach of many of our branches; the gentleman from Illinois brought it up tremendously, and I have talked about this in the Ninth District of Georgia, where I am from--is that, for many years, I believe Congress decided, for whatever reason, it was much easier to give to agencies to promulgate rules and regulations. They said it is much easier. In fact, I have even heard from the floor today that we don't have the expertise, and it is much better to do it offsite. I just tend to find that is wrong.…”