Political Quotes

“I am pleased to support Senator Paul's work to avail himself of and make use of the Congressional Review Act which establishes a process for Congress to review and nullify unwarranted Federal regulations. The Congressional Review Act process is rarely used--only successfully on one other occasion since it was created in 1996--but it is a legitimate process, and it is of increasing importance today. This is an opportunity for Members of Congress, who are concerned that regulations are taking over the country, to try to see some of those unwarranted regulations pulled back. It is an opportunity for people to prove they mean what they say when they say that. The Heritage Foundation published a chart identifying the ``Obama Regulation Tsunami.'' Heritage identified 144 new regulations that were pending in 2011--this year. All of those were expected to cost more than $100 million--all of them. In 2006, there were 69 such regulations pending. The average number of rules over $100 million pending during 2001 through 2006 was about 72. Now, during this administration, the average number is not 72; it is about 130. That is an 80-percent increase in the number of pending regulations with costs over $100 million. So this is a tsunami of costly regulations falling on our economy. Senator Paul's resolution seeks to nullify just one of the EPA rules aimed at reducing the use of affordable coal-fired powerplants in 27 specific States, including my State of Alabama.…”