Political Quotes

“I include in the record a list of organizations supporting H.R. 5. I urge my colleagues to support this important amendment. Agricultural Retailers Association, Washington, DC, January 11, 2017. To All Members of the U.S. House of Representatives: On behalf of the Agricultural Retailers Association (ABA), I am writing to urge a vote in support of H.R. 5, the ``Regulatory Accountability Act'' sponsored by Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA). This legislation includes a number of important provisions designed to reform the Federal rulemaking process. All stakeholders have a right to fair, open, and transparent rulemaking that respects the proper role of the states and the intent of Congress. For decades, there have been Executive Orders issued from both Republican and Democrat Administrations highlighting the importance of an open, transparent, and fair regulatory process. H.R. 5 is an important step forward in codifying the principles that Presidents of both parties have issued in Executive Order 12004 (Issued in Match 1978), Executive Order 12291 (Issued in February 1981), Executive Order 12866 (Issued in September 1993), Executive Order 13132 (Issued in August 1999), and Executive Order 13563 (Issued in January 2011). Some of the reforms in H.R.…”