Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the passage of the Government Reports Elimination Act--a bill that will eliminate or modify 53 Congressionally mandated reports. In 2010, we passed the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act, which added several new reporting requirements for Federal agencies. Too often, we add these new reporting requirements without looking back to see if there are any outdated reports that could be eliminated. So we asked Federal agencies to identify any duplicative or outdated reports that we could cut. In response, the administration published its first list of more than 300 reports from about 30 agencies and we turned this list into the Government Reports Elimination Act. Senator Ayotte and I introduced this bill in the Senate and Congressmen Darrell Issa and Gerry Connolly introduced the companion in the House. The final bill will eliminate or modify 53. In doing so, we are removing real barriers to productivity across the government. This represents a real step, albeit a modest one, toward making our government work better. If these reports are not being used--and are simply collecting dust on a shelf--then they are wasteful, and we cannot afford that kind of waste Eliminating a handful of reports won't solve our budget challenges--but every hour and dollar saved helps. This bill helps free up time for our Federal employees to focus on priorities.…”