We are having to let go loan officers to hire compliance officers.
I think this is a very important Subcommittee, and you are doing extremely important work.
I would like to cosponsor that bill.
Permitting is generally too costly and the process is too lengthy.
Principle Number 1 is we live in a competitive world.
I want to have the toughest environmental standards in the Nation and the most timely, predictable, and user-friendly process.
We do not have the luxury of being able to impose regulations that are going to impose unnecessary costs on businesses in this country.
clearly it is not healthy for democracy to have that amount of money sloshing around in the system.
I believe it is critical that we seek a better understanding of the regulatory process.
32 percent of the manufacturing jobs in the United States have been lost--32 percent, 42,000 factories have closed.
Can we find a way to permit major projects at a cost that is not extraordinarily prohibitive?