On the recordJuly 7, 2016
I find it interesting that my good friend across the aisle talks about the great review process that we have by Federal agencies. These are the faceless, nameless bureaucrats who make rules that have huge impacts on our families, on our businesses, and on our economy. I don't know about you, but people come to me and say: There is a horrible rule. Could you help me out, my Member of Congress? What I do is I write a letter. We have disenfranchised the American people because we don't make the laws anymore. We have outsourced that to the regulators. Let's take that power back. When we empower the Congress, we empower the American people to have a say in their government on the rules that have a huge impact on their lives. Let's have the backbone to take tough votes, to say ``yes'' or ``no'' to these kind of rules. But let's not outsource it to an agency that has no relationship with the American people and no accountability to the American people. This is saying ``no.'' Let's take a stop and let's reempower the Congress to have a say, which, again, empowers the American people. I yield back the balance of my time.
