Tom Rice actually said...

"I truly believe that our regulatory morass is strangling commerce in this country, and it will strangle our entire economy if we don't get it under control."

"It appears to me that with our excess of rules that we have choked off a valuable American industry in shipping."

"You know, this just appears to me to be absolutely absurd."

"I absolutely agree with what Mr. McDermott said a minute ago, that the best thing we can do to resolve this situation is to provide jobs for people."