Don Nickles: “The original rule came out, I believe, in 1995, and it made very little sense. The latest proposal had over 600 pages.…”

“The original rule came out, I believe, in 1995, and it made very little sense. The latest proposal had over 600 pages. The business community and others who looked at it said it was not workable. The Department of Labor has come back and said let's revise it and make it more workable. Did they show us results? No. They said let's overrule the States' workers comp. If this went into effect--and I don't think it will, so maybe that is why people don't want to vote on it. But does this Congress really want to overrule every States' workers comp law? I don't think so. I think it would be a mistake. To answer the question, this administration has been trying to promulgate this rule for about 5 years. We have been successful most of those years in putting in restrictions to stop them. Unfortunately, we didn't get it in last year. To me, it was one of the biggest mistakes Congress made last year--not stopping this administration. Now they are trying to promulgate the rule, I might mention, right after the elections, right before the next President. I think a delay is certainly in order.”