"Significant regulations have obviously significantly slowed as well under this Administration."
"Consistency is extremely important for business and for planning."
"If each Administration is changing their perspective on regulations and it is their 'best science of the day,' that is not best science. That is politics."
"Let me try to clarify this."
"But let me just pause for a second. If you are going to look at, let us say, a 50-year time period and let us see the benefit, why would you do a 10-year cost and a 50-year time period?"
"I know we have been going about an hour and a half, and I want to be merciful to you in this process as well where I pull things together."
"I appreciate you all being here. This is today's Subcommittee hearing titled 'Examination of Regulatory Policy on the Economy and Business Growth.'"
"There will be a side-by-side that is very unique in the modern age to be able to see how the same economy functions under two different sets of regulations in the days ahead."
"It is important to be clear that well-written regulations are a necessary facet of an orderly society."
"How do we avoid that?"
"It is one of my favorite things to do in a small business meeting, is to ask: 'How many people got up this morning and read the Federal Register?'"