I am really focused on the folks at home, but Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, can I weigh in on the production tax credit?

As we move forward, let's move with caution and make sure Congress does not pick winners and losers.

small businesses are the ones who create 7 out of 10 new jobs, or at least they have for the last 20 years.

small businesses across the country are eager to compete for these Federal contracts, and the byproduct will be jobs created across this Nation.

I want to support the inclusion of this bipartisan bill's language in the NDAA.

I think the most important thing we can do is set up people who are coming here to obtain the American dream, set them up to succeed.

What would you say then if there were other groups who come forward and ask for this in their language?

This bill improves the acquisition planning process and empowers procurement center representatives--PCRs is what I am going to refer to them as--to be better advocates for small businesses.

I would like to say publicly thank you, Chairman Graves and to your staff for helping make this important bill--help us bring it before this Committee today.

If you want help, go ahead and kick those things to Congress for an up or down vote.

Generally, what rule does congressional review play in your decision-making process?

Yes, we are glad that the job-killing rule did not go into place, that is good. But then sitting on it for three years, or what have you, causes business to continue to constrict.

So I would ask as you are considering these things, do not float something that you--just because it is not in the pipeline does not mean that it is not going to add to the uncertainty that our small business owners are feeling.

I do applaud the president's decision to again--he said it in the State of the Union, he made the case about a week ago, two weeks ago now--that he wants to review and I think it is incredibly important.

The uncertainty is just as deadly as the rule itself would be.

Does the EPA plan to stand behind its own longstanding regulation, and avoid imposing this enormous regulatory burden on forest owners, farmers, and governments throughout this country?

And with that, it's likely that I will be looking at legislation to provide a protection for our forest owners, or small forest owners on our private lands, as we move through.

I hear from small employers all over my district, that they can't--they physically cannot hire the people to comply with some of these regulations.

In my region in southwest Washington State we have double-digit unemployment in every county, save the county that has the State capital in it.

What I seem to have heard from you was that the run-around is the problem. It is not that you cannot provide the specifics.

That's an idea for us, an area of regulation, to make sure that there is some skin in the game with these regulators.

the Administration in the fall said that they have over 4,000 new rules in the works.