Orrin Hatch: “I can acknowledge that. But let me just make two points. That does not mean they are wrong. That does not mean they did…”

“I can acknowledge that. But let me just make two points. That does not mean they are wrong. That does not mean they did not happen. Just because OSHA has a different point of view or EPA has a different point of the view--which naturally they do--that does not mean that they are right and that these poor down-home average citizens of America are wrong. Let me just make these two quick points. One, we need regulations. We all acknowledge that. Many regulations serve the public well and protect our interests in maintaining healthy and safer workplaces and environment. I am the first to admit that. I agree with that. And I may even agree that up to 80 percent of those regulations are needed, under the statutes that we passed. By the way, let us not let us off the hook either. Some of the statutes we pass are goofy.”