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On the recordApril 13, 2011
big regulations--maybe we cannot oversee every regulation, but big regulations, regulations that cost the economy over $100 million, major rules, should not be written by unelected bureaucrats.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

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Ron Johnson argues that significant regulations should be approved by Congress, not unelected officials.

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