Tom Rice actually said...

"I think the United States could be the most competitive country in the world, but we have a noose of regulation around our own necks and we strangle our own selves and make ourselves not competitive."

"I think that if we are going to have any veto power, it needs to be made very, very objective and clear."

"All this expansion of authority absolutely affects commerce. The people making these decisions have no skin in this game."

"I am worried that they are going to have less quality of life rather than better quality of life because of these rules."