manufactured housing is very important to us here in Southside for two reasons.

I think, as Mr. Yates was pointing out, it is just a little fee, a little fee, a little bit here, a little bit there, and the next thing you know, you are talking about something that is a barrier to being able to do what the consumer…

it is also important because it is a provider of jobs.

The answer to every problem here in Washington seems to be, we will just regulate it, and I think that at least as I travel across the Fifth District of Virginia where I represent people who recognize that is not a good formula for…

I appreciate the fact that you seem to recognize that there should be a cost-benefit analysis that goes with every regulatory structure.

Obviously, here in Washington, we face unprecedented challenges in balancing our budget.

Obviously, we are facing--and I want to thank each of you for being here today and providing information to this committee about this proposal.

My constituents expect Congress to closely scrutinize Federal programs to identify and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse.

Dust is a necessary byproduct of the hard work the farmers and businesses in my rural district perform every day.

if you can't abate the dust, the only way to stop it is to stop production or stop driving on the roads, and what does that translate to? That translates to lost jobs.

I think if you talk to the people I represent, they say for far too long the Congress has wholesale given its legislative prerogative over to agencies like the EPA who are not elected, who are not accountable to the people.