Rob Wittman actually said...

"Is the cost benefit analysis also subjected to public comment in the rulemaking process?"

"If you made a request of Congress for information, and you got back a document like this with everything redacted, would that satisfy you?"

"So what you are saying is that you go through the public comment process, but the public comment really doesn't make its way into the final rule."

"In the public comment period the idea is to get comments from the public."