Political Quotes

“The Senator mentioned the unelected bureaucrats in our comments. There was a story today in the New York Times. I would like to ask a couple of questions of the Senator from that story because I think it gets to the point he is making. This was by Eric Lichtblau and Robert Pear. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record this story from today's New York Times. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the New York Times, Dec. 8, 2010] Washington Rule Makers Out of the Shadows (By Eric Lichtblau and Robert Pear) Washington.--Federal rule makers, long the neglected stepchildren of Washington bureaucrats, suddenly find themselves at the center of power as they scramble to work out details of hundreds of sweeping financial and health care regulations that will ultimately affect most Americans. In Bethesda, Md., more than 200 health regulators working on complicated insurance rules have taken over three floors of a suburban office building, paying almost double the market rate for the space in their rush to get started. Executives from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have been meeting almost daily with financial rule makers to air concerns about regulations they say threaten to curtail commerce.…”