On the recordSeptember 26, 2023
Madam Chair, the amendment prohibits the administration from finalizing any rules with significant economic impacts. The amendment adds to the pile of bad policy riders aimed at tying the administration's hands when it comes to carrying out the laws passed by Congress. It will stop USDA, FDA, and CFTC from finalizing regulations that are designed to keep the food and drug supply safe, the environment healthy, and markets stable. This amendment has little to do with an appropriations bill, and even less to do with supporting farmers or rural America. While I can understand the gentlewoman's intentions, I must respectfully oppose the amendment and urge my colleagues to do the same. Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
