Political Quotes

“The amendment indicates a fundamental, I think, misunderstanding of the purpose and the functionality of the bill. The SCRUB Act is intended to cut out unnecessary regulations. So the first question you really have to ask yourself is, are there unnecessary regulations? I would remind Members that on May 26, 2011, the Homeland Security Department, which really hadn't been in place for a very long, as it is a new agency, started an initiative to cut out unnecessary regulations. The President, three times, has asked to cut out unnecessary regulations. So we are formalizing that process a little bit more so that it is true for every department and agency, and we are doing so in a bipartisan way. So what are we afraid of? What are we afraid of? We are trying to say things need to be reviewed, and they need to go look. And if they are perfect--I doubt it. I really doubt it. But they are going to have this opportunity, in a bipartisan way, to allow the commission to go do its work, make recommendations, look at these things that are just there by the tens of thousands. The world has changed. It has dramatically changed. And we ought to be reviewing this on a regular basis, and that is what the SCRUB Act does. That is why I think, again, creating another carve-out for somebody is unnecessary and counterproductive and ill-advised. That is why I would urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment. I reserve the balance of my time.”