Political Quotes

“I was mentioning these regulations, these 1,200 pages of regulations. That is what we expect the businessman to know, understand, and implement. Just imagine, Dodd's Bootery in Laramie or Corral West Ranchware in Cheyenne or Bubba's Barbeque in Jackson. They are supposed to have understood all five of these huge volumes. There are more pages in these OSHA regulations than 'Gone with the Wind' or 'The Canterbury Tales' or even the Old Testament and the New Testament combined. Adding insult to injury, in many cases OSHA's regulations are so complicated and so complex that even if you read through it all, deciding one correct interpretation of a rule is nearly impossible. Take OSHA's draft safety and health rule, for example. This is the draft one. This is one I have a lot of concern about. What this draft rule would require is for almost all employers, regardless of their size or type, to put in place a written safety plan. Now, I am in favor of safety plans. I know that safety plans make a difference in safety in the workplace. I have watched that. But this is a draft rule. It sounds right. This is not only mandatory, but the elements of the rule are completely subjective to human nature. For example, the rule requires the program, and I quote, to be 'appropriate' to conditions in the workplace and an employer to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.”