Jerry Moran

I never mentioned the actual salaries of judges and we know that that is not affected. But certainly the salaries of the clerks, the administrative personnel, any travel money, bailiff money. Now there are incidental expenses, and I think…

Mr. Chairman I just want to cast a few roses here, although let me start with a thorn and get this out of the way. The one thing that has been disappointing about this debate is the information that was handed to the Members on the vote…

I am very much concerned that as we encourage the private sector to compete with the public sector so we can ensure that we carry out our programs in the most efficient manner, that we can let the market work its natural process so that…

Mr. Chairman, I also rise in support of this amendment. I would like to ask the gentleman from New Mexico the effect of deleting the specific $1 million portion of appropriations. Is that limiting or delimiting the ability of the…

I am concerned that with such an important bill if we do not give the Commission that is delegated the responsibility of defining mandates and determining their impact, then all of this effort is for nought if we do not have sufficient…

I thank the gentleman. If I could reclaim my time just shortly to respond, yes, it will give us that information, and that information should be used for our decisionmaking. The problem is the gentleman wants us to make a decision now…

Mr. Chairman, this will expand the scope of this legislation. It will bring in many more Federal activities. But since the private sector will only require that a cost estimate be done, it will not trigger the optional aspect of this…

I know my friend does not mean to be deliberately misleading, but I would ask my friend if he is aware that there is a provision in the bill that says that it is always in order to strike an unfunded mandate? And this amendment does not…

there are 226 investor-owned power companies. They will have to abide by every single new air quality standard, even though they generate 75 percent of the power in this country, whereas those municipal power plants will not have to. That…

I think we are ready to vote here. The point is if we do not pass this amendment, we are going to hear from our private sector businesses who will be treated unfairly, who will lost their opportunity to compete with the public sector in a…

there is another part of this bill that I think could be strengthened. That deals with the issue of judicial review. The bill before us is silent on judicial review, but that does not mean that judicial review does not apply. In fact…

I offer an amendment, my amendment No. 2. Amendment offered by Mr. Moran: Insert at the end of section 201 the following: (d) Least Burdensome Option or Explanation Required.--An agency may not issue a rule that contains a Federal mandate…

I think it will preclude the Committee on Appropriations from exercising its discretion on domestic discretionary programs in the same way that it lacks discretion on entitlement programs today.

The legislation says that if there is any reduction from the amount that is authorized to be appropriated for any Federal activity we pass on the floor, if there is any reduction, that triggers the option for States and localities whether…

When title I of this bill comes up, Mr. Chairman, I plan to, and in fact I think the gentleman from New Mexico [Mr. Schiff], the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Davis], and several others, I am one of the sponsors as well of an amendment that…

to give a specific example, and the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Davis] is the last to raise the point, so let me direct it at him, and he is particularly familiar with the situation that affects all of us in this body because he…

I certainly support that. I think it is terribly important, with all of these issues that come before us, that we not operate in a vacuum, that we in fact be guided by State and local leaders to tell us what is working and what is not and…

Like Tom, when I came to this Congress 4 years ago, my highest priority was to do something about unfunded mandates because they were unfair. The worst part about it was that the executive branch took a cookie cutter approach, one size…

our forefathers had such a deep respect for major rule that they determined that majority rule was insufficient to send our troops to war. They knew how difficult it would be to resist politically popular pressures, but they were insistent…