On the recordFebruary 27, 2014
I share and welcome the gentlewoman's concerns about the impacts of regulations on jobs, but I submit that the right way to address that concern is to join me in supporting the Rothfus-Barr amendment that would make sure that agencies do a much better job of identifying adverse job impacts before they impose them. The gentlewoman's amendment, offered on behalf of the gentleman from Georgia, unfortunately would have the opposite effect; that is because it would give the executive branch a strong incentive to manipulate its jobs impact and cost-benefit analyses to avoid the requirements of the bill. The amendment also puts the cart before the horse, offering carve- outs from the bill based on factors that cannot be determined adequately unless the important analytical requirements in the bill are applied in the first place. I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment. I reserve the balance of my time.
