I am not going to really oppose this amendment. This amendment would add a requirement that agencies evaluate the impacts of a rule on private property owners. I do not object to this requirement in isolation. The problem is that this amendment adds one more requirement to the layers of red tape this bill already adds to the rulemaking process. I yield back the balance of my time.
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It is only recently in the last 50 years or so that many of these laws have changed.
If we had a House and if we had a Senate that would pass legislation and we had a President that would sign it, this problem which is the subject of this hearing today could be fixed.
And I don't give a damn how you look at it; there are efforts to stop people from voting. That is not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America.
The American people demanded that their representatives in Washington fight for them and for what affects their lives on a day-to-day basis.
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