Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned earlier, the legislation would prevent the Department from enforcing standards on dishwashers unless they are technologically feasible and economically justified, unless they are not likely to result in additional costs to a consumer, and unless they will result in significant conservation of energy. Americans know that this new standard and even older standards are not working. They are having to wash their dishes multiple times. We have seen over and over agencies overreaching the constitutional mandate they were given. Thank goodness the Supreme Court last week overturned the Chevron deference, and now Congress can use other tools like pieces of legislation to direct agencies on what they should do and the limits they can do it under. Sure, there is other legislation we ought to take up, but we have had to use Congressional Review Act legislation. We have had to use legislation like this to push back against these agencies and their overreach. Thankfully, Mr. Langworthy knows a lot about this. He filed the bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Langworthy).”