Orrin Hatch: “I thank my colleague, and would like to thank the distinguished ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, Senator…”

“I thank my colleague, and would like to thank the distinguished ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Byrd, for his excellent remarks covering the women of the Bible as well as I have heard him cover on the Senate floor, and his tribute to Abby Saffold, who, of course, all Members have a great deal of respect for. Mr. President, I intend to start each day in this debate--I may not fully comply--with the top 10 list of silly regulatory requirements. I would pick a few at random today. Let me start with No. 10: Delaying a Head Start facility by 4 years because of the dimensions of the rooms; No. 9, forcing a man to choose between his religion and his job because rules do not allow workers to wear a mask over a beard-- stupid rules, I might add, silly regulatory requirements; No. 8, throwing a family out of their own home because of painted over lead paint, even though the family is healthy; No. 7, fining a gas station owner $10,000 for not displaying a sign stating that he accepts motor oil for recycling; No. 6, reprimanding a Government employee who bought a new lawn mower with his own money but failed to go through the proper procedures; No. 5, citing a farmer for converting a wetland when he fills his own manmade earthen stock tank and made a new one, elsewhere on his property--on his own property, I might add.”