Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of today's resolution directing committees to review existing, pending, and proposed executive agency regulations. Congress is charged not only with legislating but with also overseeing the implementation of legislation. Agencies continue to promulgate blanket rules which ignore Congressional intent. Forty-three major regulations were published by executive agencies in 2010, and another 191 are currently in the works. These regulations marginalize small businesses and communities which have less ability to absorb the cost of compliance. Small towns in Nebraska, for instance, are spending millions of dollars installing water treatment facilities and electric generation units to comply with EPA standards which continue to be arbitrarily changed, regardless of the science. These people are, in good faith, purchasing lower emission units. They want to comply with the law, Mr. Speaker. But cities and residents can no longer afford higher prices because of these arbitrary and inconsistent regulations. It's not fair, and it's not good government. I would also like to touch on some Medicare regulation, which has the potential to disproportionately hurt rural hospitals. Medicare outpatient physician supervision requirements have a serious impact in my district and I'm sure many others.…”