On the recordJuly 28, 2015
I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I support his amendment. The REINS Act restores to Congress the accountability for regulatory decisions that impose major burdens on our economy. This amendment strengthens congressional accountability for regulations under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare. The PPACA was imposed over the will of the American people. Implementation of ObamaCare has demonstrated that the act imposes a detrimental and unworkable reform of the Nation's healthcare system; and one after the other, promises made to the American people by the act's supporters when the law was passed have been broken. Moreover, the Obama administration's own actions to waive or suspend ObamaCare requirements have made clear that regulatory actions to implement the act form a ``seamless web.'' Too often, actions to avoid one adverse effect of the act's implementation send ripple effects of unfairness or other harmful consequences throughout the ObamaCare web, requiring adjustments of other aspects of implementation. This, too, justifies the amendment's requirement that Congress approve any new regulations promulgated under the act. I urge my colleagues to support the amendment.
