John Tierney: “I think we're a little perplexed over here. There's nobody on this side of the aisle that doesn't feel regulations ought…”

“I think we're a little perplexed over here. There's nobody on this side of the aisle that doesn't feel regulations ought to be reviewed. I don't think there's anybody on the other side that feels that way, and I think that everybody understands it's one of the roles of Congress, and particularly one of the roles of the Government Oversight and Reform Committee. It's in our rules. Every committee has already passed an entire plan for doing oversight. So, essentially, the real question is we're spending 9rac{1}{2} hours here today to ostensibly give authority that already exists. So we're not spending 9rac{1}{2} hours on dealing with helping 14 million Americans who are out of work. Instead, we're not advancing any bill that would repair our economy or restore our manufacturing industry. We're not ensuring the country's global competitiveness. We're not enhancing our education system. We're not enhancing or reinvesting in our public infrastructure. We're spending 9rac{1}{2} hours allotting authority that already exists on that, and that just doesn't seem to be a good use of the time of this House.”