On the recordDecember 7, 2011
With so many American families struggling, with so many Americans struggling to find work, and businesses struggling to hire unemployed Americans, it's time to rein in the Federal Government. It's time to rein in the avalanche of red tape cascading out of Washington, D.C. and stifling our recovery. It's time to enact the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011, the REINS Act. I rise to commend the gentleman from Kentucky, Congressman Geoff Davis, for his visionary and tireless efforts in moving the REINS Act to the floor today and for his leadership in this Congress. You know, small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy. They represent 99.7 percent of employer firms, and have generated 65 percent of net new jobs over the past 17 years. Yet today, as most American small businesses know, our job creators are saddled with too many regulations and too many regulatory authorities. According to the Small Business Administration, the average small business faces a cost of $10,585 in Federal regulation per employee each and every year. The REINS Act will address that. It will protect jobs and promote small business growth by ensuring that the legislative branch has the final say on major regulations before they take effect. This legislation reforms the rulemaking process by requiring that Congress approve any regulation that would have an annual economic impact of $100 million or more.…
