Mark Pocan: “First let me say I am not going to impugn anyone's motives why it was introduced. My problems are with the…”

“First let me say I am not going to impugn anyone's motives why it was introduced. My problems are with the implementation of the law. If you would like to, with my office, sign a letter to repeal the 1906 string bean width regulation, I am with you. We can do that, and that is a commonsense way to get things done. You mentioned things from the twenties and thirties and forties that might be there. But let's put it another way. You are saying every time a new regulation is necessary, you have to find an old regulation, which is overly simplistic, ultimately impractical and, I think, ultimately dangerous, especially when it comes to issues like food safety and veterans and other areas. So it is the impracticality. You are telling a consumer, if they have old things in their refrigerator that are outdated, when you buy your new milk, you take out your old milk, but you don't clean out your refrigerator. That is a ridiculous notion. {time} 2015 Only in Washington would we come up with a law as ridiculous as saying that you take one for one rather than just cleaning out old items. So I just have a problem with the bill itself. I am not impugning anyone's motives for introducing it. I just think it is a silly way of accomplishing what you want to accomplish. I don't disagree with the gentleman, and I don't think many of us disagree that there are regulations that should be gotten rid of.…”