Regulation... makes our country stronger and makes us more prosperous.

This bill, the Regulatory Freeze for the Jobs Act is an instrument that creates a mistaken cure for a problem that doesn't exist.

It is basically the lack of demand, the destruction of the middle class, which has been done over and over through laws and policies, advocated by the majority of this House of Representatives.

I am not opposed to all regulation. I repeat, not opposed to all regulation.

Increased regulation erodes the rule of law, and invites corruption.

There is no ascertainable link between regulations and unemployment.

Much current regulation is ineffective and doesn't accomplish the ends that the regulation is intending to achieve.

The real problem, as Mr. Cohen said, is indeed, the lack of demand.

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