To pick up on Senator Paul's comment that this is a bipartisan problem, I realize this is not a perfect surrogate for the size of the Federal bureaucracy, but at the end of President Franklin Roosevelt's terms, we had 86,000 pages in the…

We want you to be restrained. We want Congress to have a say in this.

Did the EPA just admit that their estimates for mercury were 1,000 times overstated? And is that the basis of your net analysis?

My concern with this Executive Order is I think there is just a huge loophole.

I think we have overregulated. I think regulation is strangling our economy.

We want to restrain the regulatory branch.

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.

We have gone way overboard in allowing the President and the Executive Branch to have way too much power.

If we are really going to get control over this government, if we are going to actually move our economy forward and start creating jobs, we have to stop feeding the beast.

I think the fundamental issue here is the fact that there is a trade-off between safety and economic activity.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

That has to be such an incredible understatement. That is unbelievably understated.

One thing that amazes me is, as I traveled around Wisconsin, not only was this out-of-control spending a primary issue because people understood the fact that we are bankrupting this country, that threat created a high level of uncertainty…

But again, the purpose of this Executive Order was to put a burden of proof on the agencies.

Can you address the EPA regulation on coal-fired generation plans? Because that is going to be huge.

We are spending over $1.5 trillion this year that we do not have, and certainly in business, if you want to control a department, you stop feeding the best.

I am just amazed at the rules and regulations they are talking about and begging me to help them, 'Please stop this. It is going to put us out of business.' This is a very serious problem.

this legislation would fix this problem. It would make us more meaningful. It would bring back congressional authority.

it is my honor to represent the good people of Wisconsin in the Senate. It is an awesome responsibility--a responsibility I take very seriously. Today it is my distinct privilege to address this historic body for the first time. It is a…

I am extraordinarily concerned about inadequate funding request for ongoing congressionally authorized rural water projects.

So again, these are academic studies, not really commissioned by the GAO, but you are just searching the academic literature in terms of people conducting studies on financial literacy.

I mean, if they have not even in 7 years defined what it is they are going to teach--or am I misinterpreting that?

I would really like to thank you for the sacrifice you and your family and your husband have made to this Nation.

When you have 20 different agencies involved, again, you are spanning--can you just name the top five or six agencies that really have accomplished objectives here or actually have some sort of focused effort?

Again, I am sorry. I am confused.