Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to talk about the Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA, and their implementing a cap-and-trade program for what is called cross-State air pollution. I oppose this new regulation and I support the resolution of disapproval that we will be voting on later today. Led by the EPA, Washington bureaucrats are tying up America with redtape. They are tying up our Nation and they are tying up the American people. This year alone, the EPA has issued over 400 final rules. These are rules that do have the effect of law. Well, that is over two rules per day so far this year for each day the Federal Register has been open for business in 2011. Imagine any business in the United States, in our home communities-- businesses having to comply with two new EPA rules each day you are open for business. And, of course, if you don't comply, then you face thousands of dollars in fines. This is business as usual for the EPA. Thousands of rules are filling the Federal Register, 70,000 pages this year alone. The costs of rules issued this year are estimated to eclipse the $100 billion mark. It is time to stop Washington bureaucrats. They are issuing excessive rules without considering their impact on our economy. The problem is that this administration does not believe there is a regulations problem. They think more regulations actually create jobs rather than harm jobs.…”