James Lankford

Again, I want to reemphasize that a lot of the issues we are going to talk about today are not about the rules themselves. They are about the process of it.

The real issue is here there seems to be a change in the reg on it

Do you believe that is agency guidance for that?

Could there be a court challenge to them creating their own regulatory process

OK. Same thing. Do you think that is agency guidance on that one?

Agencies have only as much rulemaking power as we grant them, so it is incumbent on us to use our legislative power judiciously.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:53 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at 10…

This will affect my State dramatically. It will affect the whole Country pretty dramatically.

My hope is that is now where we are going, that we are just like it was a dirty river before, it is still a dirty river, we are moving.

I do think the analyses will be better done if agencies know they are going to be subject to review.

The concern that I have that I want to be able to talk a little bit about today is the time period.

As Senator Lankford said, despite enjoying bipartisan support from Presidents of both parties for the last 30 years, these procedures have not been codified in statute.

As Senator Lankford pointed out earlier, for particularly toxic regulation, the costs are up front.

I think judicial review is important. I think it is the accountability that you had mentioned before.

I think it is 2 years. I am just trying to figure out if it was a 2-year time period for them to be able to actually work through the process.

I do think this is a big issue. We have so few laws that are being passed right now and such large effects on things.

Chevron Deference I think is one of those areas that has grown up and is now out of control in many ways.

We have this crazy belief that the government still is of the people, by the people, and for the people.

I thank both Senator McCaskill and Senator Heitkamp for their support and work on this.

It does seem that we can quantify the costs, but the benefits seem to get out of balance at times.

I would tell you, when I talk to those that are regulated, they struggle with a place to go when they have a complaint, when they feel like something is truly not working.

We would like to have these commonly agreed upon principles be codified into statute.

Regulatory reform should not be a partisan issue. It should be a conversation about how we actually deal with actual business and operations.

The independent agency bill is something that Presidents of both parties have talked about over the years.

Could we just swap and go straight to the Senator now? Would that be appropriate?