"The fact is we are repeating and rehashing the same stuff over and over here."
"The Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act proposes some needlessly drastic measures that threaten to undermine public health and safety and waste public resources."
"The Honorable Steve Cohen, a Representative in Congress from the State of Tennessee, and Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law."
"Regulations protect the American public from a vast array of harms."
"I think that is one of the biggest problems this country has. And the problem is not marijuana; it is the enforcement of the marijuana laws..."
"It's a critical issue and one I hope we can find some common ground on."
"The President can do it now. And there are so many other laws, unjust sentences that he could take care of by commuting sentences, and he needs to do it."
"In our society, even a conviction for a minor, non-violent offense can effectively be a life sentence..."
"It should be, in my opinion--and I am far from a member of the tea party--but it seems like the tea party should grasp this issue."
"The main way that we can deal with this is through pardons, by the pardon power of the President, which he has not used."
"H.R. 1493 threatens to undermine rulemaking by tilting this playing field in favor of anti-regulatory forces at taxpayers' expense."