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On the recordDecember 9, 2010
It talks about Federal rulemakers. That is whom I believe we are talking about, these unelected bureaucrats. Federal rule makers, long the neglected stepchildren of Washington bureaucrats, suddenly find themselves at the center of power-- The bureaucrats-- as they scramble to work out details of hundreds of sweeping financial and health care regulations that will ultimately affect most Americans. We are talking about not just the health care law but also the financial regulations. The one part I want to ask the Senator about says: But the laws were so broad and complex that executive-branch regulators will have wide leeway in determining what the rules should say and how they should be carried out. Well, isn't that why we need this piece of legislation--to let the States get in there before some of these rules and regulations are put onto the people of Mississippi, the people of Wyoming, the people all across the country?
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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govinfo.gov
Dec 9, 2010

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Senator Barrasso discusses the impact of federal regulations on states and the need for legislative action.

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