On the recordJuly 28, 2015
I thank the gentleman. The REINS Act forces government to think before it acts. It protects the American people by ensuring that those that they elected get a say in major regulations--not all regulations, just regulations that would have a significant impact on the economy. Some may falsely claim that this bill is about deregulation. It is not. It is about accountability. It is about making government think before it acts. And if it chooses to act, the American people can hold their elected representatives--us--accountable for making that decision, not some nameless, faceless bureaucracy, but their elected representatives. That is what this is all about. It is commonsense legislation. I commend the gentleman from Indiana for offering this. I also want to thank the gentleman from Georgia for handling this on the floor today. The REINS Act is a good piece of legislation. I urge my colleagues to support it.
