Maurice Hinchey: “Mr. Chairman, let me make another point about the issue of hearings. The fact of the matter is when we hold hearings, we…”

“Mr. Chairman, let me make another point about the issue of hearings. The fact of the matter is when we hold hearings, we bring in new information, new ideas, in a process that goes before the committee to listen to. This is a set of regulations that has been on the books for the last 25 years. It has worked. These standards have worked. Not according to Democrats or Republicans or the political people, but in fact according to the medical community, to fire marshals, to fire chiefs, people who work in burn units all over this country have banned together to say it is wrong to eliminate these standards. Why are we not listening?”