Political Quotes

“I would like first to commend the gentleman from Louisiana for his efforts in this matter and point out that there is one other aspect of this amendment I think most important. The debate to date has been centered about the effect of unfunded mandates on local and State governments. The effect of this amendment with regard to employment stretches the effect of analysis to go now to the private sector, which I think is very important in all this rush to make sure we are not doing things that are unreasonable. If we are going to cost American jobs, we should be mindful of the effect, and balance that against the supposed benefit of some new federally mandated rule or regulation. So the scope and effect of this amendment, I think, is very important in that it assigns a dollar value to the regulations for local governments. But it also assigns a job employment effect for those in private enterprise. I commend the gentleman for his hard work and cooperation on this matter and hope the House will look favorably on its adoption.”