Marsha Blackburn: “I thank the sponsor of the legislation, the gentleman from Utah, for the excellent job that he has done in preparing…”

“I thank the sponsor of the legislation, the gentleman from Utah, for the excellent job that he has done in preparing this legislation and bringing it to the body. If you were to go with me into my district in Tennessee--19 counties, 10,000 square miles--one of the things that you would hear in every community discussion is a certain amount of disdain for Federal agencies. Now, we all expect we are going to hear about not liking the IRS, but the number one agency in my district to dislike, to be frustrated with, to want to get control of, to reform is the EPA, and that is because whether you are a small business owner or a painter or a manufacturer or a farmer who is growing food to go on the table, you get hassled by the EPA with all sorts of frivolous and nonsensical rules and regulations and interpretations. Quite frankly, the American people are tired of it, and they look at us and they say, ``Tell me what you are going to do about it.'' Now, Mr. Speaker, today is a day that, yes, indeed, we can do something about this and a component of it, the Science Advisory Board--isn't it so interesting that these agencies create this tangled web of different boards and advisory capacities, and it is all to insulate their cronies, and it is all to help them shield millions of taxpayer dollars, money coming out of the pockets of hardworking taxpayers, that are going to their cronies, who are receiving these grants. The American people are saying, ``Stop it.…”