Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding, and I very much appreciate his leadership on this issue. In every State across this country, and most certainly in the Commonwealth of Virginia, there are folks still looking for good full- time jobs and businesses who want to hire them but can't for fear of government imposed regulations that increase expenses. The administration's tax, regulate, and spend response to this problem hasn't worked, and it is incumbent upon us to enact necessary reforms to restore the American economy. The legislation we consider today includes many provisions to combat excessive regulations that have already been passed by the House of Representatives and await action in the Senate, which has been moribund in dealing with a whole host of issues that are sitting over there on the majority leader's desk, including provisions to restore the 40-hour workweek, to permanently ban taxation of Internet access, to prevent secret settlement deals between Federal bureaucrats and pro-regulatory plaintiffs in lawsuits, to require bureaucrats to consider the cost of regulations to small businesses, to require agencies to adopt the least costly method of implementing the law, and to require Federal agencies to submit major regulations to Congress for approval. We know these provisions will help spur our economy and create jobs.…”