Political Quotes

“my colleagues, Government regulations are the No. 1 killer of small business. What are Government regulations? They are nothing more than unfunded mandates on small businesses around America, on local governments, State governments, even local schools get unfunded mandates from here in Washington. An example would be the proposed worker protection standards, well meaning but burdensome regulations designed to protect workers from the use of pesticides. These regulations proposed by the EPA would be impossible for States to enforce, and, yes, there is no money for the States to go out and enforce these proposed regulations. Another unfunded mandate. There is no money for farmers or farm organizations to go out and protect these workers with their proposed regulations. Nobody is going to pay those costs. Another unfunded mandate. The fact is we do not have to allow the EPA to continue this. If we defeat the rule today and we can consider the Mica amendment, we can force the EPA to do risk-benefit analysis, force the EPA to do cost-benefit analysis, and then we will have an EPA that is worthy to be called the Environmental Protection Agency.”