Political Quotes

“the purpose of process is to create a predictable sequence of steps to achieve an outcome consistent with substantive law. When process is allowed to intrude, the purpose of the law itself is perverted. As philosopher Franz Kafka described it, the process becomes punishment. You aren't guilty or innocent yet. You are simply processed until you run out of money, time, or sanity. Procedure exists to serve substantive rights, not to supplant them. As the Supreme Court stated in the Seven County case: NEPA is a purely procedural statute, not a mandate for a particular result. This bill, H.R. 4776, is designed to create sideboards on process so that rote compliance is no longer the purpose of what we are about but instead we focus on progress for this Nation. Mr. Chair, I urge support of this bill.”