Kay Bailey Hutchison: “Let us put some common sense into the regulation. Let us do a thorough review of the environmental regulations that are…”

“Let us put some common sense into the regulation. Let us do a thorough review of the environmental regulations that are now in place to determine what we need, what we do not, and make sure we do not add any new unnecessary, unproductive regulations. Washington should be required to disclose the expected costs of current and new environmental regulations. I think the public has a right to know how much they are going to cost, and whether they are going to get their money's worth. Three, in trying to make regulatory decisions involving the environment, the Federal Government should use best-estimate and realistic assumptions, rather than worst-case scenarios advanced by environmental extremists. Fourth, new regulations should be based on the most advanced and credible knowledge available--in other words, good science. We have a situation where we have seen the devastation of the timber industry in the Northwest. It has cost thousands of people their jobs.”