Jason Chaffetz: “This amendment indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose and the function of the bill. The SCRUB Act…”

“This amendment indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose and the function of the bill. The SCRUB Act merely clears the underbrush of outdated and unnecessary regulations. There is no reason to exclude any specific agency from retrospective review. A regulation identified as unnecessary remains unnecessary, regardless of its subject matter or agency that originally issued it. I am sure that there are regulations that were issued in the 1920s, 1930s, or 1940s--pick your decade--that were well-intended, but the world has changed, and I think it is time that we actually go and review this. In the case of this amendment, it could disadvantage veterans who are likely to bear the burden of unnecessary regulations. So with all the laws and all the regulations, guess what. The Veterans Administration isn't getting it done. So let's clear the underbrush of regulations. Let's work in a bipartisan way to fix the Veterans Administration. But it is not unreasonable to ask for a bipartisan group of people to go in and look at this and study this and make these types of recommendations. I think that is reasonable, it is balanced, and it is not going to harm veterans. In fact, I think it is actually going to help veterans. I think it is going to help an administration and a bureaucracy that is so bloated, once things get in, they never come out.…”