Political Quotes

“I've never heard a finer defense of a broken bureaucratic process than I've just heard. Let me point out that the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners--now, these are the folks who stand up for consumers and ratepayers--again, support many of the proposals in this bill. Specifically, they point out that the minimum 60-day comment cycle is good, the mandate that all commissioners have adequate time to review any draft decision before voting on it is good, and to require the actual language of a proposed rule to be published for comment is a good idea. Again, the President's own Executive orders ask for these things in many cases to be done to the other Agencies, but he can't do it to this one. It's our job to do it here and to fix, reform, and drive for accountability and transparency against those who defend the bureaucracy as broken as it is. I now yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Tennessee, an extraordinary member of our subcommittee, Mrs. Blackburn.”