Steve Cohen

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

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

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

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.

There is no ascertainable link between regulations and unemployment.

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

H.R. 3041 would seem to have the effect of discouraging consent decrees against state and local governments and officials.

I have no doubt that the proponents of these bills, including Rep. Jim Cooper, my esteemed fellow Tennessee Democrat and sponsor of H.R. 3041, are sincere in their belief that these bills will achieve a better balance in the way consent…

There was a need for that consent decree, and that--the Governor didn't want to have it.

I think the genesis of a lot of this legislation came from Tennessee, and it was introduced by Senator Alexander.

I hope that we keep this reality the central focus as we consider H.R. 3041, the 'Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act,' and H.R. 3862, the 'Sunshine in Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012.'

The very same people who can't afford tickets to go into the stadium are the same ones that pay more for--for the rental car taxes.

Would it be so awful to exacerbate the tax burden on the multi-, multi-, multi-millionaires and billionaires who own these teams?

This is a most serious regressive tax.

While car rental excise taxes may seem like an attractive option for shifting the burden of paying for a stadium onto non-residents, in truth, residents bear the majority of the burden.

And I thank my predecessor in the Judiciary Committee, and in the House, Rick Boucher, a fine gentleman from Virginia.

I thank Congressman Graves for joining me in introducing the legislation.

The act prohibits future discriminatory state and local taxation of the rental of motor vehicles.

I appreciate the bipartisan support for H.R. 2469.

I have warned that the number one issue, in my opinion, plaguing transportation in America is vehicular congestion.

It is a very regressive tax, because it is not adjusted to the person's income.

The DEA can use its emergency powers to temporarily schedule these substances while letting the scientific process play out. Let's put science first and politics second. Let's defeat this bill. If we put science first and politics second…

It is a great tragedy this agent was killed and it will be a year next week, as I understand it.

I now yield 3 minutes and 7 seconds to the gentleman who represents the State of Pennsylvania (Mr. Altmire), an alumnus of Florida State University, who lost to the University of Tennessee in the national championship football game that I…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee will be postponed. Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Peters The Acting CHAIR. It is…