In many cases, this cost amounts to the difference between a small business hiring or not hiring additional employees.

I just hope we can bring this home and put it into practice.

The statistics are pretty compelling, particularly as it impacts on small business.

It will require bipartisanship, but it can be done because there does seem to be a consensus that it needs to be done.

I think there is probably a consensus that tax reform, regulatory reform, fiscal reform, including entitlement reform, are the three big issues for things Congress ought to deal with.

America's regulatory system should be designed to achieve the greatest good at the least cost.

the first one isn't even implemented yet, and now they are asking for more?

Clearly this enormous increase in the production of crude oil is of benefit to the United States, and it is a benefit to the world, and it has all kinds of implications for us economically, domestically, as well as in foreign policy.

There has not been any scientific proof that there is any kind of a major environmental issue here with this anymore as has been alleged for many years.

I would suggest to the Chair that perhaps a follow-up subcommittee hearing potentially involve those who held the leadership in the key positions at GM during the timeframe that we are looking at here.

So just to make the record clear, anything related to a safety issue will be shared with the public and with Congress?