Political Quotes

“The gentlelady, my colleague from the Small Business Committee, pointed out that the Bush administration added $60 billion in regulatory burdens out there, which is not a good thing at all. In fact, that scares me in and of itself. In 8 years of the Bush administration you had $60 billion in extra regulations. The Obama administration has added $40 billion in only 3 years. So at the rate that that administration's on, it's going to far outweigh any administration. But my point is, I don't care what administration it is. I don't care if it's a Republican administration or a Democrat administration. I want to make darn sure that those agencies comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and I want to make darn sure that those agencies take into account how much this is going to cost small business when they're implementing some of these ridiculous regulations that they're asking small business staff to comply with. Some of this stuff is outrageous, and it needs to be studied, or it needs to be taken care of, or it needs to be stopped. But these agencies--and again, I don't care what administration it is--they need to have to comply with this and they need to understand what the consequences are. With that, I would urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.”