Political Quotes

“today, Senator Cohen and I are introducing legislation which would eliminate or modify nearly 300 outdated or unnecessary congressionally mandated reporting requirements. Senators Glenn, Roth, and Stevens are original cosponsors of the bill. This is the second-wave of reports elimination from the Subcommittee on Overnight of Government Management which I chair and on which Senator Cohen serves as the ranking Republican. In 1985, under Senator Cohen's chairmanship of the Oversight Subcommittee, we were able to enact a reports elimination bill that, as introduced, contained 127 recommendations for eliminations or modifications for an estimated savings of $5 million; 8 years later it is again time to take a large number of these reporting requirements off our books. But, as we learned in 1985, that is not an easy process. There are literally thousands, over 5,000, different congressionally mandated reporting requirements. Each was enacted into law for some seemingly legitimate reason at the time and now that reason must be identified and evaluated as to whether it remains valid.”