John Ratcliffe: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015. I want to thank Chairman Chaffetz and Chairman Goodlatte for their hard work on this package of bills that will help push the government out of the way of the American people. I am especially grateful that the ALERT Act, which I introduced earlier this Congress, is included as title II of the bill. The constituents that I represent in northeast Texas work hard every day to provide for their families and to contribute to their communities. But I can tell you from countless conversations that they are fed up with a Federal Government that has been invading every aspect of their lives. They are frustrated with unaccountable, unelected bureaucrats who create regulations that have the force of law, regulations that typically appear out of nowhere and bring with them huge price tags for the cost of compliance, often with little time to prepare and implement them. In some cases, regulators are unforgiving to those who either can't or don't timely comply by imposing criminal penalties. Now, let's pause to think about that.…”