We are supposed to be lawmakers and not messengers.

H.R. 2122's expanded use of formal rulemaking procedures for 'high-impact' rules strikes me as an unnecessary procedural expansion that would not serve to improve the quality of rulemaking while at the same time adding major costs to the…

the Administrative Procedure Act is an 'administrative Constitution' that attempts to strike a balance between the need for due process and fairness, on the one hand, and the need for agencies to be able effectively to carry out their…

You shouldn't be doing that without particularly good reasons, and I don't think the burden of proof which you would have in amending the Constitution, which has very high thresholds, has been met by the proponents of this bill.

regulations are critical to protecting the American people from a vast array of harms, including dirty air and water, dangerous toys, reckless financial behavior, and unsafe workplaces.

This bill does nothing to improve the rulemaking and will only serve to stymie agencies from ensuring that health safety and welfare of the American people are protected.

I think that what he said was wrong.

I am open to ideas on tweaking the regulatory process in modest ways to make regulatory compliance easier for small businesses and perhaps finding better ways for small business to provide input to specific rules. As drafted, though, [the…

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.

Most regulations are for the purpose of protecting society, and that is what they do.

I do not doubt that Chairman Bachus and the other proponents of the RFIA sincerely share my appreciation for the importance of regulation in protecting all of us from a myriad of harms.