Melvin Watt: “Mr. Chairman, I reluctantly have to oppose the gentleman's amendment. This bill is into micromanagement enough. We are…”

“Mr. Chairman, I reluctantly have to oppose the gentleman's amendment. This bill is into micromanagement enough. We are micromanaging local governments, we are micromanaging State courts, and now we have gotten into micromanaging the time period within which the Federal government must do things. I have no opposition to the Federal government having to notify a property owner after an adverse decision. That requirement I would presume is in the law now. But when we start imposing time limits such as this 14-day time limit, I think we are into micromanagement. While I will not ask for a recorded vote on this, I cannot support it and would oppose it.”