Thomas Daschle: “I think to whatever extent we can moderate their frustration by finding ways to reduce the regulatory anxiety, reduce…”

“I think to whatever extent we can moderate their frustration by finding ways to reduce the regulatory anxiety, reduce the tremendous amount of paperwork they have to endure, we ought to do it. Looking carefully at the Bond amendment, what I have come to realize is this amendment really makes the President not just a friend of the farmer but king. I do not know if there is any other word for it. This would provide powers we do not give the President under any circumstances today. Only a monarch has the powers that the Senator intends to provide the President in situations such as this.”