Trey Gowdy: “The President in this very Chamber said we should have no more regulation than is necessary for the health, safety, and…”

“The President in this very Chamber said we should have no more regulation than is necessary for the health, safety, and security of the American people. Mr. Speaker, the President in this very Chamber conceded overregulation has stifled innovation and chilled growth and jobs. Professor Cass Sunstein, hardly a conservative acolyte, said we must take aggressive steps to eliminate unjustified regulatory burdens, especially in today's economic environment. Mr. Speaker, 43 percent of the payroll in this country comes from small business, two-thirds of all the jobs created in the last two decades come from small business. Small business, Mr. Speaker, is the backbone of this economy and the single best way for all Americans, veterans included, but all Americans, to experience the majesty of the American Dream. So one would think that our colleagues would storm the aisle to join us in providing relief to small business, including veterans. One might think our colleagues would help us rush to form a phalanx against an overreaching regulatory apparatus. So, Mr. Speaker, let's stop using veterans as political footballs and start helping all Americans, including veterans. The Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act of 2011 is a logical reform. It simply asks agencies to do the kind of pre-regulatory analysis they should have been doing anyway.…”