Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, on page 17 of this bill it provides that each agency shall develop an effective process to permit elected officials or their designated representatives of State, local, or tribal governments to provide meaningful and timely input in the development of regulatory proposals. The amendment that I had considered offering today and, therefore, had printed in the Record, was an amendment that would also provide for private sector input and not just the input of elected officials. I thought the thrust of what I had been hearing here on the Hill was that we wanted to give the government back to the people, and that perhaps we wanted to have input from individuals, private individuals, not just elected officials. Having understood a previous amendment which was very similar to mine was not passed, I would be willing to not belabor the point if I could get a point of view as to why this type of amendment would not be found acceptable by the majority.”