Political Quotes

“I am curious about the reference and surprised that my friend, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, would come to the floor in this discussion and lift up the REINS Act as a way that we may prevent the regulations for inhibiting jobs. {time} 0920 Dear friends, under the REINS Act we would be violating the separation of powers doctrine that I am sure that Members of the Judiciary Committee, particularly my friend the chairman and ranking member for many years, would be familiar with. The REINS Act, which we have under consideration in our committee, would be the last thing we would want to enact in this Congress to create more jobs--the last thing. I am surprised that the separations of powers doctrine is now required for me to explain on the House floor, about a 1988 case entitled Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654, that the REINS Act would be constitutionally infirm and that the REINS Act would be a terrible thing for us to do if you are serious about jobs. Supporters of the REINS Act argue that Congress, and the chairman has said this, that Congress has delegated too much authority over the years to what they call ``unelected bureaucrats'' in the executive branch--of course, they are appointed--creating thereby a lack of accountability among Federal agencies and resulting in burdensome regulations. The REINS Act does not address even the problem that they are arguing about.…”