"Empirical data repeatedly and consistently suggests that the benefits of Federal regulations outweigh the costs by considerable margins."
"Now, also part of this narrative is that President Obama has just caused an absolute moratorium after the worst deepwater oil spill in American history and that there is this de facto moratorium on Gu..."
"It is indeed a false choice. And in terms of responsibility for our actions, I would point out to Dr. DesJarlais that EPA is responsible for the fact that air pollution is down 60 percent in this coun..."
"So much for moratorium."
"Given the progress that has been made, obviously people do take it seriously. And I think it is a testament to your effectiveness as well, Ms. Sherry."
"Are there incentives within DHS to make sure that various components of DHS take material weaknesses seriously and understand we have to have an unqualified audit?"
"Given the situation were are in today, if we really mean what we say about caring about its fiscal plight, why wouldn't we rescind those restrictions and let 1,000 flowers bloom to see what works?"
"Congress does not require it of anyone else, and it is costing them billions of dollars every year."
"If we are serious about making the Postal Service successful as we move forward in this century..."
"Why not let them have a Starbucks outlet there so that people, when they go there to do their other core business, can also get a cup of coffee?"
"I commend to my colleagues, because as someone who ran a local government for a long time, historically, a lot of post offices have the stovepipe model; we are separate unto ourselves and sovereign, a..."