Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, there is broad opposition to H.R. 3438. In the context of a veto threat, the Obama administration notes in its Statement of Administration Policy that H.R. 3438 would ``promote unwarranted litigation, introduce harmful delay, and, in many cases, thwart implementation of statutory mandates and execution of duly enacted laws,'' and would also ``increase business uncertainty and undermine much-needed protections for the American public, including critical rules that provide financial reform and protect public health, food safety, and the environment.'' The Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, which includes more than 150 diverse labor, consumer, public health, food safety, financial reform, faith, environmental, and scientific integrity groups representing millions of Americans, strongly opposes H.R. 3438, stating that it ``will make the single biggest problem in our current regulatory process, namely, excessive and out of control regulatory delays, even worse.'' Other leading consumer and public interest groups strongly oppose this misguided legislation, noting that, ``like numerous other anti- regulatory bills,'' H.R.…
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