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ON THE TABLE.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ALABAMA RISE?
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT THAT IN THE ENGROSSMENT
OF H.R. 839 THE CLERK BE
AUTHORIZED TO CORRECT SECTION
NUMBERS AND CROSS REFERENCES AND
TO MAKE SUCH OTHER TECHNICAL AND
CONFORMING CHANGES THAT MAY BE
NECESSARY TO REFLECT THE ACTIONS
OF THE HOUSE IN AMENDING THE
BILL TO INCLUDE STRIKING
PARAGRAPH ONE ON PAGE FIVE, LINE
16 AND INSERTING IN LIEU
THEREAFTER PARAGRAPH 8.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
THANK YOU.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM ALABAMA RISE?
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK
UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT H.R. 1148
BE RE-REFERRED PRIMARILY TO THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES
AND ADDITIONALLY TO THE
COMMITTEES ON AGRICULTURE, HOME
ADMINISTRATION, JUDICIARY,
ETHICS AND RULES.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
THANK YOU.
THE
HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
IF THE MEMBERS WOULD PLEASE TAKE
THEIR CONVERSATIONS OFF THE
FLOOR.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY SEEK
RECOGNITION?
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY IN
HONOR OF THE 10TH ANNUAL
CELEBRATION OF TARTEN DAY ON
ELLIS ISLAND.
TART SEASON THE DEFINITIVE
SYMBOL OF SCOTLAND.
NO OTHER FABRIC OR PATTERN IS SO
STEEPED IN TRADITION.
IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, IT HAS
PROMOTED SCOTTISH HERITAGE.
HERITAGE AND CULTURE UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE OF THE
CLAN CURIE SOCIETY, ONE OF THE
LARGEST SCOTTISH HERITAGE
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
THIS YEAR THE CLAN CURIE SOCIETY
WILL BE UNVEILING A NEW AMERICAN
TAR TAN, THE ELLIS ISLAND
TARTEN, IN HONOR OF NATIONAL
TARTEN DAY ON APRIL 6.
THE AMERICAN TARTEN'S
FABRIC IS STEEPED IN COLORS THAT
REPRESENT THE EXPERIENCES OF ALL
OF THOSE WHO HAVE TRAVELED TO
THE UNITED STATES OVER THE LAST
CENTURY IN SEARCH OF THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
THE TARTEN BLUE ILLUSTRATES THE
GREAT ATLANTIC OCEAN, THE COPPER
GREEN IN HONOR OF THE STATUE OF
LIBERTY, RED SIGNIFYING THE
BRICKS OF THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS
ON ELLIS ISLAND, AND THE GOLD
REPRESENTING AMERICA'S GOLDEN
DOOR, WALKED THROUGH BY MILLIONS
AS THEY LOOK TO THIS NEW LAND AS
THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.
I ASK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO
JOIN ME IN HONORING AND
CONGRATULATING MR. BOB CURIE AND
THE ENTIRE CLAN CURIE SOCIETY
FOR THE UNVEILING OF THIS
AMERICAN TARTEN, THE ELLIS
ISLAND TARTEN, AND FOR THEIR
YEARS OF HARD WORK HONORING AND
RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS
THAT SCOTTS AND -- SCOTTS AND
OUR GREAT NATION.
SCOTTISH AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO
I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM NEW YORK SEEK RECOGNITION?
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE, REVISE AND EXTEND MY
REMARKS.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, I AM PROUD TO
REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY OF
MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, AND
TODAY I RISE TO CONGRATULATE THE
MOUNT VERNON KNIGHT'S HIGH
SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM FOR
WINNING THE NEW YORK STATE
FEDERATION TOURNAMENT OF
CHAMPIONS CLASS A.A.
THEY BEAT CHRYSLER KING FROM NEW
YORK CITY, THE WINNER OF LAST
YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP, 84-78, IN
OVERTIME ON SUNDAY.
HYNE LED HIS TEAM
WITH 14 OF HIS 31 POINTS IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER AND OVERTIME TO
EARN M.V.P. HONORS AS MOUNT
VERNON WON ITS FIFTH STATE
FEDERATION TITLE IN PROGRAM
HISTORY.
CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO COACH
BOB ON HIS FOURTH CHAMPIONSHIP.
HIS TEAM WON THEIR LAST 10 GAMES
AND SNAPPED A 12-GAME WINNING
STREAK OF CHRYSLER KING.
MOUNT VERNON SHOWED ITS GRIT AND
DETERMINATION BY COMING BACK
AFTER BEING DOWN 20-11 AFTER ONE
QUARTER AND 33-28 AT THE HALF.
THE KNIGHTS TOOK THE LEAD WITH
LESS THAN ONE MINUTE IN
AFTER THAT.
REGULATION AND NEVER TRAILED
OTHER HIGH SCORES FOR MOUNT
VERNON WERE SAMUELS, 21 POINTS,
AND COUSINS WITH 12.
MOUNT VERNON REPRESENTING THE
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION IN WESTCHESTER
COUNTY GOT TO THE TITLE GAME
WITH A 70-63 WIN OVER BOYS AND
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL OF NEW YORK
CITY IN SATURDAY'S SEMIFINAL
ROUND.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE PLAYERS
AND THEIR COACH.
WHILE MARCH MADNESS HAS GRIPPED
THE REST OF THE NATION, IN MOUNT
VERNON WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR
KNIGHTS.
I'M SURE THESE CHAMPIONS HAVE A
BRIGHT FUTURE AND WILL LOOK
PROUDLY AT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
IN THE YEARS TO COME.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM TEXAS RISE?
REQUEST PERMISSION TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, THE MIDDLE
EAST IS IN TURMOIL.
CITIZENS ARE IN REVOLT AND ARE
OUSTING THEIR DICTATORS.
ONE OF THE WORST RULERS IS
GADDAFI IN LIBYA.
GADDAFI IS SO BAD THE PRESIDENT
HAS INVOLVED THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY IN SUPPORT OF THE
REBELS THERE.
HOWEVER, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
GATES HAS STATED OUR NATIONAL
SECURITY INTEREST IS NOT AT RISK
IN LIBYA.
SO WHY ARE WE THERE?
IT SEEMS TO ME THIS WAR'S BEING
WAKED UNDER A NEW DOCTRINE OF
HUMANITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE UNITED
STATES WILL NOW DECIDE WHEN TO
DROP BOMBS ON ANOTHER COUNTRY IN
THE NAME OF HUMANITY WHEN A
RULER WE DON'T LIKE ACTS AGAINST
HUMANITY.
THIS FUZZY EMOTIONAL DOCTRINE
ULTIMATELY GIVES A PRESIDENT THE
UNILATERAL ABILITY TO INTERVENE
MILITARILY ANYWHERE THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T LIKE THE WAY A
FOREIGN RULER TREATS HIS PEOPLE.
THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO CLARIFY
THIS DOCTRINE OF WAR IN THE NAME
OF HUMANITY.
WHAT CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
GIVES THE PRESIDENT THE RIGHT TO
ENTER ANOTHER COUNTRY'S CIVIL
WAR WHEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY
IS NOT AT RISK?
AMERICA NEEDS SOME ANSWERS.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
I YIELD BACK.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM LOUISIANA SEEK RECOGNITION?
ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
MR. SPEAKER, WITH REGARD TO
THE KINETIC MILITARY ACTION IN
LIBYA, IT APPEARS THE TAIL IS
WAGGING THE DOG.
THE PRESIDENT FIRST SAYS WE
WON'T GO, BUT GADDAFI MUST.
THEN HE SAYS WE
MUST GO, BUT NOT GADDAFI.
HE CONSULTS THE ARAB LEAGUE
BEFORE HIS OWN CONGRESS AND THEN
TELEGRAPHS TO THE ENEMY OUR
MISSION LIMITATIONS, YET DOES
NOT CLEARLY DEFINE THE MISSION
OR GOALS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THEN HE BOMBS PEOPLE AND CALLS
IT A HUMANITARIAN ACT.
I'M SORRY, MR. SPEAKER, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND THIS NEW VALUE SYSTEM
THE PRESIDENT IS ASKING US TO
ACCEPT.
LET ME SUGGEST INSTEAD THAT OUR
PRESIDENT AND FUTURE -- IN
FUTURE CONFLICTS CONSULT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND CONGRESS
FIRST, THEN BUILD A COALITION,
THEN LEAD THAT COALITION WITH A
CLEARLY DEFINED MISSION, TAKING
NOTHING OFF THE TABLE.
RATHER THAN BEING PRESSURED INTO
ACTION BY OTHER WORLD LEADERS.
I YIELD BACK.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM PENNSYLVANIA SEEK
RECOGNITION?
MR. SPEAKER, REQUEST
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ADDRESS THE
HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE, AND TO
REVISE AND EXTEND.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
I RISE TODAY TO CONGRATULATE
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY ON THE
20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION.
LAST YEAR THE HOUSE PASSED HOUSE
RESOLUTION 1654, A MEASURE
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE
1 1, 2011, AS UNDERGRADUATE
DESIGNATION OF THE WEEK OF APRIL
RESEARCH WEEK.
THIS WEEK RECOGNIZES THE
IMPORTANCE OF UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH THAT ENCOURAGES
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES,
BUSINESSES AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS TO RECOGNIZE THE
OCCASION.
IT IS FITTING THAT THIS WEEK
COINCIDES WITH PENN STATE'S 20TH
UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION
SCHEDULED APRIL 12 AND 13.
PENN STATE'S UNDERGRADUATE
EXHIBITION COMMUNICATES AND
CELEBRATES THESE SAME PRIORITIES
THAT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF
CRITICAL THINKING ARE
FUNDAMENTAL TO AMERICAN
COMPETITIVENESS AND OUR
SUCCESSED A A -- AS A NATION.
AS ONE OF THE TOP RESEARCH
PENN STATE CONTINUES TO THRIVE
UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
IT IS THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS
THE UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION
WHICH ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION
OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ENDEAVORS.
I CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS,
TEACHERS AND STAFF AT PENN STATE
FOR THEIR TIRELESS PURSUIT OF
KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVITY.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND I
YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM ARKANSAS SEEK RECOGNITION?
REQUEST UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
I RISE TODAY TO REQUEST THAT
ARKANSAS HOUSE RESOLUTION 1014
RECENTLY PASSED ON FEBRUARY 24
OF THIS YEAR BY THE ARKANSAS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE
INCLUDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD.
FISH HATCHERIES ARE VITAL
COMPONENTS OF THE ECONOMY IN
NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
THEY PROVIDE VITAL FISH NOT ONLY
TO ARKANSAS' WATERWAYS BUT TO
ARKANSAS' NEIGHBORS AS WELL AND
THEY HELP DRAW SPORTSMEN AND
OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD
BACK.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM GEORGIA RISE?
SPEAK ON H.R. 76.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
AND, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I
RISE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT H.R.
872 AND I WAS PLEASED TO SEE
THIS BILL PASS THE AGRICULTURE
.
COMMITTEE WITH A BIPARTISAN VOTE
NOT ONE SINGLE OBJECTION, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, I WANT YOU TO
THINK ABOUT THAT, NOT ONE
OBJECTION FROM A DEMOCRAT OR A
REPUBLICAN IN THE AGRICULTURE
COMMITTEE.
IT WHAT BAFFLES ME THAT WE AS
CONGRESS HAVE TO WASTE FLOOR
TIME TO HELP THE E.P.A.
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE CREATING
REGULATIONS THAT THEY THEMSELVES
DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
MR. SPEAKER, THE E.P.A. ALREADY
REQUIRES PESTICIDE PERMITS FROM
EVERY FARMER, RANCHER, FOREST
MANAGER, STATE AGENCY, CITY,
COUNTY MUNICIPALITY, WATER
DISTRICTS, GOLF COURSES, JUST TO
NAME A FEW OF THOSE THAT THEY
REQUIRE PERMITS FROM.
IF WE DO NOT ENACT H.R. 872 THE
E.P.A. WILL THEN REQUIRE AN
ADDITIONAL CLEAN WATER ACT
PERMIT FOR PESTICIDES, I WILL
AGAIN ADD, MR. SPEAKER, THAT
MANY OF THESE PERMITS ARE
ALREADY REDUNDANT AS PESTICIDE
APPLICATIONS ARE ALREADY HIGHLY
REGULATED.
WE ALL CARE ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT, THESE E.P.A.
REGULATIONS FAIL THE COMMONSENSE
TEST, MR. SPEAKER.
THAT AGENCY'S ON A REGULATORY
PATH TO DESTRUCTION OF OUR
ECONOMY, THEY'RE DESTROYING OUR
JOBS AND THEY MUST BE REINED IN.
MR. SPEAKER, PERHAPS WE NEED A
PERMIT FOR THE E.P.A., FOR THE
E.P.A. THAT SAYS THAT THE E.P.A.
MUST UNDERSTAND A RULE BEFORE
THEY PASS THAT RULE.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND I
YIELD THEWOMAN.
-- THE WELL.
THE
CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE THE
FOLLOWING PERSONAL REQUESTS.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
REQUESTED FOR MR. FRELINGHUYSEN
OF NNL FOR TODAY AND THE BALANCE
OF THE WEEK, AND MR. RANGEL OF
NEW YORK FOR TODAY.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
THE REQUESTS ARE GRANTED.
UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED
POLICY OF JANUARY 5, 2011, THE
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MR.
CARTER, IS RECOGNIZED FOR 60
MINUTES AS THE DESIGNEE OF THE
MAJORITY LEADER.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
WELL, WE JUST -- ONCE AGAIN I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THE REGULATORS ARE KIND OF LIKE
THE FOX WATCHING THE HEN HOUSE.
THEY JUST OVERREACH EVERYWHERE.
AND WE JUST HEARD AN EXAMPLE
THAT HAVE ACTUALLY, MR. AUSTIN
WAS JUST UP HERE TALKING ABOUT
WHAT WAS GOING WON THIS
PESTICIDE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE
BIT TODAY.
I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR THE LAST, I
DON'T KNOW, SIX OR EIGHT, I
GUESS IT'S MONTHS NOW, TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE REGULATIONS
THAT ARE BEING OPPOSED BY PEOPLE
AND YOU SEE THESE REGULATIONS
AND YOU SEE HAD HOW ONEROUS THEY
ARE ON BOTH THE LARGE AND SMALL
BUSINESSES AND THEN WE SIT
AROUND AND WONDER WHY WE'RE
TEETERING AROUND 9% UNEMPLOYMENT
IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT'S BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO FOLKS
HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT ONEROUS
TAXES, FOLKS HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT, ARE WE GOING TO SPEND
OURSELVES INTO THE POOR HOUSE?
FOLKS HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT $1.65
TRILLION DEFICIT THIS YEAR.
THEY WORRY ABOUT ALL THOSE
THINGS, THEY WORRY WITH ABOUT
HOW THEIR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN ARE GOING TO PAY
OFF THIS MASSIVE ACCUMULATION OF
DEBT IN THIS COUNTRY THAT'S
COMING DOWN AS A RESULT OF THE
POLICIES OF THE LAST CONGRESS,
THE DEMOCRAT-LED CONGRESS, AND
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
AND THEN YOU TAKE THAT AND YOU
TACK ON TOP OF THAT THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH'S REGULATIONS
THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON PEOPLE,
MANY OF WHICH ARE SO ONEROUS AND
MAKE SO LITTLE SENSE THAT QUITE
HONESTLY YOU WONDER WHAT'S GOING
ON.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT
HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND WE'VE GOT
SOME TOOLS THAT WE'RE USING TO
GET RID OF THOSE THINGS AND THE
TOOL THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT IS USING THE CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW ACT TO CHALLENGE SOME OF
THESE THINGS AND WE'LL TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
BUT FIRST LET'S JUST GO BACK AND
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
OTHERS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
FIRST OFF, TOMORROW MORNING I'M
GOING TO DROP A BILL AND THIS IS
KIND OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON, IF YOU
WILL, OF FIGHTING REGULATIONS.
BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUOUS AND
ONSLAUGHT OF REGULATIONS THAT
SEEM TO BE DESIGNED TO CAUSE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATHER THAN TO HELP
WITH UNEMPLOYMENT, I THINK IT'S
TIME WE JUST PUT A BIG OLD HOLD
ON THE REGULATORY AGENCIES AND
TELL THEM THAT UNLESS THIS IS A
MAJOR NATIONAL IMPORTANCE, WE
DON'T THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE
ANY REGULATIONS FOR THE BALANCE
OF THIS CONGRESS.
SO I AM PROPOSING A BILL FOR THE
OUTRIGHT BAN OF ALL NEW FEDERAL
REGULATIONS THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION UNTIL JANUARY 31,
2013.
THIS WOULD REMOVE IN THIS PERIOD
OF TIME WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO
BRING OUR JOB NUMBERS UP AND
BRING OUR UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS
DOWN, THIS WOULD GIVE THE
COUNTRY AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
AT LEAST IN ONE AREA A DEEP
BREATH AND RELAX, THAT THE
REGULATORS ARE NOT GOING TO
CHANGE THE PLAYING FIELD ON THEM
HALFWAY THROUGH A YEAR OR
THROUGH A MONTH.
THERE'S SO MANY REGULATIONS
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST
FEW MONTHS AND FOR THE BALANCE
OF THIS YEAR THAT ARE SURPRISES
TO EVERYBODY.
AND THEY'RE THROWING BIG, BIG
MONKEY WRENCHES IN THE
MACHINERY THAT DRIVES OUR
ECONOMY.
NOW, YOU'LL -- IF YOU READ THE
NEWSPAPERS, AND WE HEAR PEOPLE
COMMENTS ON WHY AREN'T PEOPLE
CREATING JOBS?
WHY IS CAPITAL INVESTMENT ON
THE SIDELINES?
WHY ARE PEOPLE HOLDING ON TO
THEIR MONEY INSTEAD OF
INVESTING THEIR MONEY IN THEIR
BUSINESSES, OR INVESTING THEIR
MONEY IN OTHER PEOPLE'S
BUSINESSES SO WE CAN GROW THIS
ECONOMY, THEY'RE SITTING ON THE
SIDELINE AND NOT PARTICIPATING.
YOU WILL HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE
AISLE IN THIS HOUSE TALK ABOUT
THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT
ARE BEING HELD BACK FROM
INVESTMENTS.
YOU'LL HEAR ARGUMENTS MADE BY
THE OTHER SIDE, BY THE
DEMOCRATS IN THIS HOUSE THAT
IT'S THE GREED OF THE BIG
CORPORATIONS THAT'S DOING THIS.
BUT WHEN YOU STUDY THE PROBLEM,
IT'S NOT JUST THE BIG
CORPORATIONS THAT ARE SITTING
BACK AND WAITING, IT'S THE
SMALL BUSINESSMAN.
IT'S THE GUY WITH ONE SHOP,
MAYBE THINKING ABOUT ADDING ON
TO THAT SHOP, THINKING ABOUT
ADDING ONE MORE MACHINIST OR
ONE MORE SALESMAN, BUT YOU KNOW
WHAT?
THERE'S TOO MANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT'S OVER THE HORIZON
FOR THEM TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF
INVESTING THEIR MONEY WHEN THEY
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
AND AS I EXPLAINED AS I STARTED
OUT, PART OF IT IS THEY WONDER
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF NEW
TAXES.
SECONDLY, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN
A LOT OF TALK IN THIS
ADMINISTRATION ABOUT TAXES,
THEY'RE BACKING OFF OF IT NOW,
BUT MANY OF THE THINGS THEY DO
SEEMS TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON
WHICH WAY THE WIND IS BLOWING,
SO THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF NEW TAXES.
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT
THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT NUMBERS,
THEY READ BALANCE SHEETS, EVEN
THE SMALL BUSINESSMAN CAN READ
BALANCE SHEETS AND PROFIT-LOSS
STATEMENTS AND THEY LOOK AT
THIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
THEY SAY, MY LORD.
THIS JUST THIS YEAR ALONE
THEY'RE PROJECTING A -- BASED
ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PROPOSED
BUDGET FOR 2011, THEY'RE
PROJECTING A -- ABOUT A $1.6
TRILLION DEFICIT THIS YEAR.
AND MOST BUSINESS PEOPLE KNOW
WHAT DEFICIT MEANS.
AND MOST OF ALL OF US DO.
BUT SOMETIMES WE THINK IT'S
SOME BIG WORDS COMING OUT OF
WASHINGTON, NOT REALIZING WHAT
IT REALLY IS.
IT MEANS YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY
YOU DON'T HAVE.
IN FACT, ARGUABLY EVERY TIME
YOU BUY SOMETHING WITH YOUR
CREDIT CARD, YOU'RE DEFICIT
SPENDING.
YOU DON'T IS -- DON'T HAVE THE
CASH IN YOUR POCKET TO BUY THE
NEW TELEVISION SET SO YOU PUT
IT ON THE CREDIT CARD.
YOU BORROW THE MONEY YOU SPEND
MONEY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE.
NOW IF WE WERE LIKE THE GREAT
STATE OF TEXAS, WHERE WE HAVE A
BALANCED BUDGET REQUIREMENT IN
THE CONSTITUTION, IN TEXAS,
THEN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE,
THEY CAN'T DEFICIT SPEND.
THEY CAN'T SPEND MONEY THEY
DON'T HAVE.
THEY HAVE A NO DEAF CONSTITUENT
-- NO DEFICIT SPENDING RULE IN
THEIR CONSTITUTION.
YOU SPEND WHAT THE PROJECTED
REVENUES ARE AND THAT'S IT.
SOMETIMES IT'S REAL TOUGH.
TO MAKE THINGS WORK.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY ALWAYS
SOMEHOW FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET
IT DONE THIS YEAR IS NO
EXCEPTION.
IT'S TOUGH IN TEXAS.
AND THEY'RE DOING THE THINGS
WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IN THIS
HOUSE.
THEY'RE REDUCING THEIR
SPENDING.
AS OUR STATE -- AS ARE STATES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TURN ON
THE TELEVISION YOU SEE THE
ISSUES IN WISCONSIN AND
MICHIGAN AND OTHER PLACES, IN
MINNESOTA -- NOT MINNESOTA.
INDIANA, ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE
ADDRESSING -- NEW YORK,
VIRGINIA, THEY'RE ADDRESSING
THE FACT THAT THEY JUST GOT TO
CUT BACK ON THEIR SPENDING.
WELL, WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT
FACT TOO IN THIS HOUSE RIGHT
NOW.
BUT THE BUSINESSMAN LOOKS AT
THAT AND SAYS, WHAT'S THE TRACK
RECORD.
GOOD.
OUR TRACK RECORD IS NOT REAL
IN FACT, OUR TRACK RECORD IS
SUCH THAT THEY SAY, ODDS ARE
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO THESE
CUTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO STOP
IT.
AND HERE'S SOMETHING
INTERESTING.
RIGHT NOW, IN H.R. 1, THE
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY HAS SET
FORTH A SERIES OF CUTS THAT
TOTAL UP TO ABOUT $63 BILLION,
THEY'VE AGREED TO ABOUT $10
BILLION, CALL IT $53 BILLION
THAT'S ON THE TABLE OUT THERE
WAITING FOR SOME KIND OF ACTION
FROM THE SENATE.
THIS IS ATTACHED TO A
CONTINUING RESOLUTION.
NOW THAT BUSINESS OWNER PACK
HOME, HE LOOKS AT THAT AND HE
SAYS, LET'S SEE.
$63 BILLION, THAT'S A TINY
LITTLE BAND-AID ON A GIGANTIC
REAR END OF AN ELEPHANT.
BUT THAT'S THE TAX CUTS BEING
PROPOSED AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO
BE ABLE TO GET THOSE THINGS.
NOT TAX CUTS.
THAT'S SPENDING CUTS THAT ARE
BEING PROPOSED AND THEY DON'T
SEEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THEY
GOING TO DO ABOUT THE $1.6
TRILLION.
HE SAYS, I DON'T THINK I WANT
TO PLAY IN THAT BARBG.
THAT'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR ME.
I HAVE A LITTLE SAVINGS IN MY
BACK POCKET TO INVEST IN MY
BUSINESS BUT NOW IS NOT A GOOD
TIME.
THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH DEBT
FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE.
THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE ECONOMY
FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE.
I THINK I'LL WAIT.
SO MY PLAN TO CREATE ONE OR TWO
NEW JOBS TO GROW MY PROFITS FOR
MY BUSINESS IS GOING TO HAVE TO
WAIT.
EVEN THOUGH I MAY HAVE THE
MONEY TO INVEST, IT'S GOING TO
WAIT BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL THE
ENVIRONMENT IS GOOD FOR IT.
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE UNKNOWNS
THAT'S KEEPING CAPITAL AND
KEEPING THE GROWING OF THE
LABOR FORCE FROM HAPPENING.
FINALLY THESE REGULATIONS.
WHEN, AS OUR FRIEND FROM
GEORGIA WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT,
JUST TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE
ISSUE THAT HAS TO DO WITH THIS
-- THESE NEW REGULATIONS
CONCERNING PESTICIDES THAT HAVE
COME OUT, IT CAME OUT AND THEN
WAS, I THINK SOME COURT HAS
GOTTEN INVOLVED IN IT.
BUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE BASICALLY
IS TOLD PEOPLE WHO USE
PESTICIDES AND I THINK
EVERYBODY KNOWS PESTICIDES ARE
TO KILL BUGS THAT EAT CROPS,
THAT'S JUST THE GENERAL USE FOR
PESTICIDES, SO THAT MEANS YOUR
FARMERS, RANCHERS, AND SOME OF
YOUR BUSINESSPEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS AND THEY
LOOK AT IT AND SAY, I USED TO
HAVE A PERMIT, I GOT ONE.
NOW I HAVE TO HAVE A NEW
PERMIT.
COSTS ME MORE MONEY.
THEY'VE CHANGED THE RULES IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME.
NOW I'M SITTING HERE WONDERING
WHAT IN THE WORLD AM I GOING TO
DO IF THEY CHANGE THE RULES
AGAIN.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY
MONEY?
I'M GOING TO KEEP IT IN THE
POCKET.
I'M NOT GOING TO INVEST IN MY
BIDS OR EXPAND MY FARM, I'M NOT
GOING TO BUY THAT NEW COMBINE
OR TRADE FOR SOME MORE CATTLE.
I'M BASICALLY GOING TO SIT
WHERE I AM AND HOLD PAT.
I'M ALSO NOT GOING TO HIRE
ANYBODY TO HELP ME WITH THESE
ISSUES.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE
TYPICAL OF WHAT CAUSES THE
PEOPLE WHO INVEST IN THE REAL
WORLD OF PRIVATE BUSINESS, WHO
EMPLOY 2/3 OR MORE OF THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC, TO SIT ON THE
SIDELINES.
SO BIG BUSINESS OR SMALL IF YOU
DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PLAYING
FIELD AND THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT
THERE THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
AT A WHIM, YOU GET CONCERNED
ABOUT IT.
WE'VE SEEN SO MANY EXAMPLES OF
THAT.
I'LL JUST THROW OUT THE FLEX
PERMITTING, CLEAN AIR ACT
ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN
TEXAS WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
BEFORE.
AFTER 15 YEARS OF USING A FLEX
PERMIT IN TEXAS, NEVER A WORD
SAID BY THE E.P.A., ALL OF A
SUDDEN OUT OF THE CLEAR BLUE,
THEY DECIDE YOU KNOW WHAT, I
DON'T THINK WE LIKE THAT FLEX
PERMIT SYSTEM OF WE'RE JUST
GOING TO DO AWAY WITH IT AND
CHANGE THE RULES.
WITHOUT GOING INTO WHAT A FLEX
PERMIT IS, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
FLEX PERMITS WORKS FOR YOUR
BUSINESS THE ONE DAY AND THE
NEXT DAY YOU HAD TO HAVE A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERMIT
WITH A WHOLE NEW SET OF RULES
AND WHOLE NEW SET OF
OBLIGATIONS YOU WOULD BE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT
WITH WHICH YOUR BUSINESS IS
BEING OPERATED.
AND, BY THE WAY, YOU'D BE
REALLY UPSET WHEN YOU REALIZED
THAT YOUR CLEAN AIR ISSUES IN
YOUR STATE WHERE YOU'RE USING A
FLEXIBLE PERMIT PAY THE -- THE
CLEAN AIR REDUCTIONS HAVE MET
THE DEMANDS OF THE E.P.A. AND
PROBABLY EXCEED MANY, MANY
STATES WHO DON'T GO TO A
FLEXIBLE PERMITTING SYSTEM.
BUT SOME REASON, YOUR STATE,
WHO IS DOING GOOD, HAS TO
CHANGE PERMITS TO DO LIKE THE
-- LIKE SOME OF THE STATES THAT
AREN'T DOING AS GOOD AS YOUR
STATE AND YOU HAVE TO SAY TO
YOURSELF, WHAT IS THE MOTIVE
FOR ALL OF THIS?
WELL, WOULD YOU PUT YOUR MONEY
INTO A PROJECT WHEN SOMETHING
LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU?
WE ASK OURSELVES WHY HAVE WE
BEEN HAVING UNEMPLOYMENT IN
THIS COUNTRY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
10% AND 8.9% OVER THE LAST 25
MONTHS.
WELL, PART OF IT IS THE PEOPLE
WHO CREATE THE JOBS, THE REAL
JOBS, THE JOBS THAT MAKE OUR
ECONOMY GROW, ARE THE
BUSINESSPEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.
AND FOR 25 MONTHS, THEY HAVE
NOT BEEN HIRING BECAUSE WE HAVE
CREATED A WORLD OF MISTRUST IN
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU THAT
YOU COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE AS A
RESULT OF ACTIONS OF THIS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
TO ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
WE HAVE TO DO IN THIS CONGRESS
RIGHT NOW IS CREATE JOBS.
IT WILL CHANGE THE VERY MAKEUP
OF OUR NATION IF WE GET OUR
NATION BACK TO WORK.
IT'S TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO
GET OUT OF THE WAY OF SMALL
BUSINESS, GET OUT OF THE WAY OF
THE ENTREPRENEURS IN THIS
COUNTRY AND GIVE THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE JOBS.
AND WITH ALL THE PLAYING
DEFENSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE
IN THE HOUSE, WITH THE
CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT, AND
OTHER PROPOSALS THAT ARE OUT
THERE, SEEMS TO ME WE OUGHT TO
JUST SAY, AT LEAST FOR A
TWO-YEAR PERIOD, JUST TOUT.
-- JUST TIME OUT.
THERE ARE ENOUGH REGULATIONS IN
EFFECT RIGHT NOW BY THE FEDERAL
REGULATORY AGENCIES TO FILL
THIS ENTIRE CHAMBER TO THE
CEILING WITH BOOKS.
SO I DON'T THINK IT HURT US TOO
MUCH.
IF IT TURNS OUT IT'S A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY AND YOU HAVE SUCH AN
ISSUE THAT IT IS JUST SO
OVERWHELMINGLY NECESSARY TO
COME UP WITH A REGULATION, THEN
MAYBE WE'LL PUT IT OUT AND
SUBMIT IT TO CONGRESS AND LET
CONGRESS MAKE A DETERMINATION
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS OF
THAT DIRE IMPORTANCE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, JUST QUIT
MESSING WITH US.
JUST GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET
US HAVE A CHANCE TO GO DO WHAT
WE DO BEST.
WHICH IS, I FORGET WHO IT WAS,
I WANT TO SAY IT WAS CALVIN
COOL INL, IT WAS ONE OF OUR
PAST PRESIDENTS -- COOLIDGE, IT
WAS ONE OF OUR PAST PRESIDENTS,
WHO SAID THE BUSINESS OF
AMERICA IS BUSINESS.
TWO SATURDAYS AGO, I WAS AT
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, A VERY
EXCITING ACTIVITY THAT TAKES
PLACE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, IT NOT
ONLY PROMOTES THE LIVE MUSIC
INDUSTRY, WHICH IS HUGE IN
AUSTIN, LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF
THE WORLD, BUT IN ADDITION, IT
PROMOTES ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG
PEOPLE WITH NEW, GREAT IDEAS.
AND THOSE NEW, GREAT IDEA
PEOPLE, ALL -- I TALK TO THEM,
THEY ARE SO EXCITED.
SUCH GREAT YOUNG PEOPLE.
MANY OF THEM IN THE HIGH TECH
INDUSTRY BUT IN ALL THE
INDUSTRIES.
THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE SAT THERE
AND TOLD ME THE ONE THING YOU
CAN DO THAT WOULD HURT US THE
MOST IS TAX STOCK OPTIONS AND
PUT UP REGULATIONS THAT WOULD
PREVENT ME DOING WHAT I NEED TO
DO IN MY PROJECT.
SO IF THE GOVERNMENT WILL STAY
OUT OF MY WAY AND IF YOU WON'T
IMPOSE TAXES ON THE VERY SOURCE
OF INVESTMENT MONEY THAT I'M
SEEKING AS A NEW ENTREPRENEUR,
IF YOU DON'T DO THOSE TWO
THINGS AND YOU STAY OUT OF THE
WAY, I'VE GOT AN IDEA THAT CAN
CHANGE THIS COUNTRY.
AND MANY OF THEM HAVE JUST
THOSE IDEAS.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE NOW
LIKE FACEBOOK, THOSE THINGS
LIKE THEY MADE A MOVIE ABOUT
AND ALL THAT STUFF, ALL THAT
WAS THE IDEA OF A YOUNG
ENTREPRENEUR, HE GOT SOMEBODY
TO INVEST IN IT, AND BOOM.
IT SWEPT THE WORLD.
SO THAT'S WHY I'VE GOT A
MORATORIUM REGULATION.
BUT IN ADDITION, WE'VE GOT A
COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT ARE TAKING
OFF AFTER REGULATIONS THAT ARE
CLEARLY HURTING THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CREATE JOBS.
THE REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT,
R.F.A., IS BEING PROPOSED.
IT REQUIRES FEDERAL AGENCIES TO
ASSESS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF
THEIR REGULATIONS ON SMALL
BUSINESS.
WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS NOW
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE EXPANDED
AND MADE MORE CLEAR.
IF THE IMPACT IS SIGNIFICANT,
CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE
LESS BURDENSOME.
THE AGENCIES MUST BALANCE THE
BURDENS IMPOSED BY THE
REGULATIONS AGAINST THE
BENEFITS AND PROPOSE
ALTERNATIVES TO THE REGULATIONS
WHICH CREATE ECONOMIC
DISPARITIES AMONG DIFFERENT
SIDESENT TO -- DIFFERENT SIZED
ENTITIES.
THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
HAS HELD HEARINGS ON THIS, ON
THE R.F.A., AN THEY'RE HOLDING
SOME TOMORROW, ON WEDNESDAY, TO
DISCUSS THIS AGENCY COMPLIANCE
WITH THE ACT.
REGULARS ARE KILLING GOOD JOBS
AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN
HERE'S THE SMALL BUSINESS
TALKING ABOUT.
COMMITTEE LOOKING AT SMALL
BUSINESS WITH REALLY A FOCUS ON
SMALL BUSINESS AND WHY, YOU
KNOW, WHY DO YOU HEAR PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS?
IN CONGRESS, WHEN YOU'VE GOT ALL
THESE GIANT INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATIONS THAT OUR FRIENDS ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE LOVE
TO TALK ABOUT?
WELL, FOR ONE THING, SEVEN OUT
OF 10 AMERICANS, THEY GET A JOB
IN SMALL BUSINESS.
SMALL BUSINESS CREATES SEVEN OUT
OF 10 PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
SOME OF THOSE PRIVATE SECTOR
JOBS ARE REAL WELL-PAYING JOBS.
AND IN FACT SOME OF THE PEOPLE
THAT I WAS TALKING TO AT THIS
LITTLE ENTREPRENEUR GROUP THAT I
WAS WITH, THEY SAID, WELL, THE
FIRST 10 PEOPLE WE WILL EMPLOY,
WE EXPECT THEIR SALARY RANGE TO
BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $100,000
AND $150,000 A YEAR.
THAT'S DARN GOOD JOBS.
BUT THEY'RE LOOKING TO HIRE
HIGHLY SKILLED TECHNICAL PEOPLE
TO ADVANCE A CONCEPT THEY HAVE
IN THE HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY.
WHAT DO WE GET FROM THOSE
CONCEPTS?
WELL, YOU PROBABLY GOT A CELL
PHONE IN YOUR POCKET, YOU MAY
HAVE THE NEW APPLE I PAD SITTING
ON YOUR DIS-- IPAD SITTING ON
YOUR DESK OR YOU MAY HAVE A
BRAND NEW ONE WHICH HAS A CAMERA
IN IT SO YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR
SPOUSE AROUND THE WORLD OR YOUR
FRIEND AROUND THE WORLD AND BOTH
OF YOU CAN SEE EACH OTHER.
THESE ARE ALL IDEAS THAT CAME
FROM ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING
THAT BEGAN WITH ONE PERSON WITH
AN IDEA.
THE ONE THING THE AMERICANS
STILL HAVE TO SELL IS IDEAS.
AND WE ARE THE ONLY INNOVATIVE
IDEA CREATORS ON EARTH.
EVERYBODY ELSE ARE GOOD COPIERS
BUT WE'RE THE GUYS WITH THE
ORIGINAL THOUGHTS.
WE DON'T WANT TO KILL THAT.
WE DON'T WANT REGULATIONS TO
KILL IT AND WE DON'T WANT BAD
REGS TO KEEP THIS UNEMPLOYMENT
NUMBER ABOVE 8%, ALMOST 9%.
ANOTHER ACT IS H.R. 872, THIS IS
THE BILL ABOUT CONGRESS BATTLING
A BAD RULING BY THE FEDERAL
COURTS.
DUPLICATIVE PERMITTING
THE BILL ELIMINATES A COSTLY AND
REQUIREMENT FOR THE APPLICATION
OF PESTICIDES.
THAT'S WHAT OUR FRIEND FROM
GEORGIA WAS TALKING ABOUT JUST A
FEW MINUTES AGO, MR. SCOTT.
THIS NOW WILL REQUIRE A
DIFFERENT TYPE OF PERMITTING
SYSTEM AND IT WILL QUITE
HONESTLY PLACE THE BURDEN ON
FARMERS, RANCHERS AND ANYBODY
WHO USES PESTICIDES, I ASSUME
EXTERMINATERS AND SO FORTH, IT
WILL PUT A HUGE BURDEN ON THEM
AND THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN
DO IS CLEARLY PUT A HALT TO THIS
E.P.A. NEW REGULATORY ACTIVITY.
EVEN THOUGH THE COURT RECENTLY
SAID, WELL, WE WON'T REQUIRE
THIS UNTIL OCTOBER, IT DOESN'T
MATTER WHETHER IT'S REQUIRED
TODAY OR WHETHER IT'S REQUIRED
IN OCTOBER, WHENEVER IT IS
REQUIRED IT'S STILL A BURDEN.
SO MY FRIENDS ON THE AGO
COMMITTEE ARE VERY, VERY -- AG
COMMITTEE ARE VERY, VERY SERIOUS
ABOUT CHALLENGING THE CREATION
OF THIS NEW REGULATION.
WE'VE BEEN USING THE
CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT AND
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE
HAVE DEALT WITH ON THE
CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT.
AND WHAT IT DOES, IT -- IF IT IS
A MAJOR REGULATION -- THIS IS
THE LAW TODAY, THIS LAW WAS
CREATED IN THE CLINTON
ADMINISTRATION, IT'S BEEN USED
ONCE AND THAT'S THE ONLY TIME
IT'S EVER BEEN USED WHICH
SURPRISES ME, BUT WE'RE TRYING
TO USE IT ON MULTIPLE BILLS THAT
ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE CREATING
A REGULATORY BURDEN ON
INDIVIDUALS OR INDUSTRIES OF
THIS COUNTRY.
LAST YEAR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ISSUED A TOTAL OF 3,316 NEW
RULES AND REGULATIONS, AN
AVERAGE OF 13 RULES A DAY.
78 OF THOSE NEW RULES LAST YEAR
WERE MAJOR RULES.
A MAJOR RULE IS A RULE THAT MAY
RESULT IN THE ANNUAL AFFECT ON
THE ECONOMY OF $100 MILLION OR
MORE AND A MAJOR INCREASE IN
COST OF PRICES FOR CONSUMERS OR
SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE AFFECTS ON
THE ECONOMY.
AND IF IT IS A NEW RULE IT IS
REQUIRED UNDER THE CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW ACT THAT IT BE SUBMITTED
TO THE COMMITTEES OF
JURISDICTION THAT COVER THAT
RULE IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND
THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
WITHIN 60 LEGISLATIVE DAYS, THAT
IS DAYS THAT CONGRESS IS IN
SESSION, NOT COUNTING THE DAYS
IT IS NOT IN SESSION, AND IF
THERE'S A VOTE, LET'S SAY THE
HOW IT'S PASSES IT AND -- HAAS
THE HOUSE PASSES IT AND SENDS TO
THE SENATE, IT ONLY REQUIRES 30
SENATORS TO CO-SPONSOR THE BILL
TO BRING THAT VOTE TO A FLOOR
VOTE IN THE SENATE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SEND SOME BAD
REGULATIONS THAT PASSED BOTH THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO THE
PRESIDENT AND HE TOLD US LESS
THAN A MONTH AGO THAT ONE OF HIS
GOALS THIS YEAR WAS TO GET RID
OF THESE ONEROUS REGULATIONS
THAT ARE COSTING US JOBS IN
AMERICA.
AND I THINK THAT IF BOTH THIS
HOUSE AND THIS SENATE, THAT THE
SENATE ACROSS THE WAY, IF BOTH
THOSE ENTITIES FEEL IT'S A BAD
RULE, I THINK THE PRESIDENT WILL
LOOK AT IT AND I'M VERY HOPEFUL
THAT HE WILL DISPOSE THAT RULE.
WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
E.P.A.
THERE'S A LOT OF RULES THAT ARE
OUT THERE, BUT E.P.A. JUST SEEMS
TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN
THEIR SHARE RIGHT NOW.
I TALKED ABOUT THE FLEXIBLE
PERMITTING ACT AND WE HAVE FILED
A C.R. CHALLENGE, A
CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT
CHALLENGE -- -- C.R.A.
CHALLENGE, A CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW ACT CHALLENGE.
CHAIRMAN UPTON OF THE ENERGY AND
COMMERCE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN OR
IS HOLDING HEARINGS ON THE CLEAN
AIR ACT AND ON THIS ISSUE AND
THAT WILL BE ONE ISSUE THAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON,
TRYING TO GET DONE.
THE F.C.C. HAS A REGULATION FOR
NET NEUTRALITY.
THIS RULE GRANTS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT NEW POWER TO
REGULATION THE -- REGULATE THE
INTERNET, RESTRICTING ACCESS AND
STALLING INNOVATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THOSE
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT I MET WITH THE
OTHER NIGHT, THERE WAS ABOUT 100
OF THEM NOW, A SMALL GROUP, THEY
SADE ALL SAID, MOST OF THEM, THE
INTERNET WAS A TOOL THEY WERE
USING TO COME UP WITH THEIR GOOD
IDEAS OR TO PROMOTE THEIR GOOD
IDEAS OR TO USE THE INTERNET FOR
THEIR GOOD IDEAS.
AND THEY WERE VERY MUCH OPPOSED,
AS AM I, TO ANY REGULATION OF
THE INTERNET.
THE FREEDOM OF THE INTERNET IS A
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, A FREEDOM
OF EXPRESSION WHICH CREATES
FREEDOM OF IDEAS AND THE
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS CREATES
INNOVATION WHICH DRIVES -- IS
THE FUEL TO DRIVE OUR ECONOMY.
SO, MR. GREG WALDEN IS
ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE UNDER THE
C.R.A. OF NET NEUTRALITY.
H.H.S. HAS A RULE ON MEDICAL
LOSS RATIO.
THIS REGULATION WERE TO REQUIRE
ALL HEALTH CARE PLANS TO PAY A
MINIMUM OF 80% OF PREMIUMS
TOWARD HEALTH SERVICES,
ELIMINATING COVERAGE FOR 47% OF
AMERICANS AND SMALL GROUP AND
INDIVIDUAL HEALTH PLANS.
THIS IS AN AREA WHICH WE HAVE
FILED, NYE OFFICE AND JOHN
CARTER, HAS FILED THIS, HOWEVER,
I AM GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
ASSISTANCE FROM THE MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS IN MY -- IN THIS
HOUSE, AND GOING FORWARD ON THIS
MEDICAL LOSS RATIO.
IT IS A SERIOUS REGULATION WHICH
WILL SERIOUSLY HARM THE
ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH CARE IN
AMERICA.
AND THEN WE HAVE A RULE, NEFHAP
RULE, FOR PORTLAND IS HE
METROPOLITAN MANUFACTURERS.
THIS HAS TOOT TOAD WITH CEMENT
KILNS THAT MAKE CEMENT.
PORTLAND, IT'S NOT NAMED AFTER A
TOWN, IT'S A PROCESS WHEREBY YOU
MAKE THE CEMENT THAT BINDS
CONCRETE.
TO CREATE CONCRETE.
FOR THIS COUNTRY.
THIS KILLS GOOD-PAYING JOBS.
THE AVERAGE PAYING JOB IN ONE OF
THESE KILNS STARTS AT AROUND
$60,000 TO $70 A YEAR AND GOES
UP -- $70,000 A YEAR AND GOES
UP.
THESE ARE GOOD JOBS.
NOW WHERE ARE THESE JOBS GOING
TO GO?
WE HAVE TO HAVE CEMENT.
WE'RE ALREADY A GREAT NUMBER OF
THE KILNS THAT MAKE PORTLAND
CEMENT HAVE MOVED OFFSHORE
ALREADY.
AND THEY'RE OVER IN CHINA AND
THEY'RE OVER IN INDIA AND PLACES
LIKE THAT WHERE THEY HAVE NO
REGULATIONS ON PARTICULATES THAT
GO INTO THE AIR.
MEANWHILE WE'VE ACTUALLY REDUCED
A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT GO INTO
THE AIR UNDER THE PRESENT
REGULATIONS BUT THESE NEW
REGULATIONS WILL MOVE THOSE
AMERICAN JOBS OUT OF THE COUNTRY
TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AND RATHER
THAN HELP THE AIR, PUTS THE SAME
AIR IS IN INDIA AS -- BECAUSE
THE SAME AIR IS IN INDIA AS IS
IN CHINA AS OVER HERE.
IT'S ALL IN THIS BIG PLACE WE
CALL THE WORLD, WILL STILL BE
POLLUTING THE AIR BUT 10 TIMES
WORSE THAN WE DO UNDER OUR
CURRENT REGULATIONS IN THE
UNITED STATES AND WE LULES THE
JOBS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO SEEK A VOTE
ON PORTLAND CEMENT MANUFACTURING
-- MANUFACTURING REGULATIONS AND
THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS INCREASES
MERCURY POLLUTION ESSENTIALLY
FALLS BECAUSE WE HAVE EVIDENCE
TO SHOW THAT MERCURY POLLUTION,
IF IT'S IN THE UNITED STATES, IS
COMING FROM OFFSHORE.
SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE THINGS
THAT ARE PROPOSED RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT CHARTS OVER HERE TO
LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THEM.
HERE'S THE REGULATORY
MORATORIUM.
OUTRIGHT BAN ON FEDERAL
REGULATIONS, REMOVES THE TOP
OBSTACLE TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY,
BUSINESS WON'T HIRE WITH
OBAMACARE, E.P.A. REGS HANGING
OVER THEIR HEAD.
THE REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT.
SHADED AREAS INDICATE U.S. YOU
IS SESSION.
THE 2009 RESEARCH -- THAT'S THE
WORD I CAN'T READ,
ORGANIZATIONS.
LOOK AT HOW THIS IS.
THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM
REGULATIONS.
IT'S GOING UP.
ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT SCALE.
THE R.E.F. REQUIRES THE FEDERAL
AGENCIES TO ASSESS THE ECONOMIC
IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS, WE
TALKED ABOUT THAT.
TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATIVES
BECAUSE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ARE
AROUND OR ABOVE 9% FOR THE PAST
22 MONTHS, IT'S TIME THAT WE
MAKE THESE REGULATIONS BE
ASSESSED AND SEVEN OUT OF 10 OF
THE NEW JOBS ARE CREATED BY
THESE SMALL BUSINESSES.
WHEN YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT THE
PESTICIDE ACT, IT'S VERY CLEAR,
THERE'S THE FOLKS THAT ARE
DEALING WITH IT RIGHT THERE.
THE FARMERS OF AMERICA.
AND IT'S DUPLICATIVE.
THAT MEANS THEY ALREADY HAVE A
PERMIT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PUT
OUT THESE PESTICIDES AND BECAUSE
OF THIS RULING THEY'RE HAVING TO
MAKE -- GET ANOTHER PERMIT AT
ANOTHER COST AND MEET OTHER
GUIDELINES FOR THESE PESTICIDES.
THE SIXTH CIRCUIT, WE THINK WITH
THIS, MADE A BAD RULING AND
THESE HIGHER COSTS TO PRODUCERS
AND CONSUMERS AND THE GOVERNMENT
ARE ALL BUILT INTO THIS ONE BAD
REGULATION.
THIS ACT, AS WE TALKED ABOUT,
872, IS TO BLOCK THIS BAD
RULING.
THIS IS THE KIND OF FIGHT WE'VE
GOT TO HAVE TO PREVENT THE
REGULATORS FROM GETTING SO
INVOLVED THAT THEY ACTUALLY SHUT
DOWN OUR BUSINESSES.
NOW, IS ANYBODY HERE, INCLUDING,
I'M CERTAINLY NOT, AND I DON'T
THINK ANYBODY IN THIS HOUSE IS
PROPOSING THAT WE DO THINGS THAT
ARE HARMFUL.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY WEREN'T
ALREADY REGULATING THAT
PESTICIDE.
THEY JUST CAME UP WITH A NEW
PERMIT, NEW MONEY TO SPEND, NEW
HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH IN ORDER
TO BE -- TO APPLY PESTICIDES.
HERE'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT, CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT.
LAST CONGRESS, THE -- ALLOWS
CONGRESS TO REVIEW EVERY
REGULATION ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES AND PASSAGE OF A JOINT
RESOLUTION OVERRULE THAT
REGULATION.
SO THESE THINGS I'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT, THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE BOTH CAN GO FORWARD UNDER
THIS ACT AND WE CAN PUT THE
BRAKES ON SOME BAD REGULATIONS.
HERE'S THE ONES I MENTIONED,
THE TEXAS FLEXIBLE PERMITTING
PROGRAM, THE NET NEUTRALITY
RULE, THE MEDICAL LOSS RATIO
AND THE PORTLAND CEMENT.
THOSE ARE ALL THAT CAN BE
ADDRESSED BY THIS ACT AND MANY
MORE.
BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD
JUST SAVE OURSELVES A WHOLE LOT
OF TIME AND EFFORT BY JUST
PASSING THE NEWEST PROPOSAL
THAT I'VE PUT FORWARD, AND THAT
IS A REGULATION THAT SAYS, I
MEAN A LAW THAT SAYS, TIME OUT
UNTIL 2013 ON ANY REGULATIONS
FROM THE GOVERNMENT, AND LET'S
JUST HOLD OFF AND GIVE THIS
ECONOMY AND CHANCE TO GROW.
AND WHEN IT GROWS, WE WILL
PROSPER, WE WILL GET OUT OF
THIS MESS WE'RE IN, WE'LL GET
BACK TO BEING THE AMERICA WE
ALL TREASURE AND LOVE.
IT'S NOT HARD TO IMAGINE IN A
THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY BAD OF
COURSE THIS HOUSE WILL PROTECT
IT.
BUT MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE
PEOPLE IN CLOSED RULES, SOME
DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
TRI-THEY'RE REGULATING, COMING
UP WITH RULES BECAUSE THEY HAVE
A CONCEPT OF GOVERNMENT THAT IS
ALL GOVERNMENT, ALL LOADS LEAD
TO ROME, SO ALL GOVERNMENT
LEADS TO WASHINGTON AND ALL
GOVERNMENT DECISIONS AND ALL
LIFE DECISIONS SHOULD BE MADE
HERE.
IN WASHINGTON.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY,
LITERALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS,
MAYBE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THAT
BELIEVE THAT ALL LIFE ISSUES
SHOULD BE RESOLVED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE PERFECT EXAMPLE THAT I --
THAT JUST REALLY UPSETS ME IS
THE FACT THAT WITHOUT KIND OF
RANDOMLY WHEN THE OPPOSITE
PARTY, THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER
IN THE HOUSE, THEY JUST DECIDED
TO GET RID OF ALL THE LIGHT
BULBS IN ALL THE OFFICE
BUILDINGS AND PUT IN THESE
CURLICUE LIGHT BULBS ALL OVER
EVERYWHERE.
THESE LIGHTS, SOME OF THEM, YOU
TURN THEM ON, IT TAKES YOU A
GOOD 20 COUNT BEFORE THE LIGHT
EVEN HAS ENOUGH LIGHT TO SEE.
THAT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE BATHROOM.
BUT WE'VE GOT THEM.
AND IF YOU TAKE YOURS OUT AND
PUT THE OLD LIGHT BULB,
INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB IN
THERE, NEXT DAY YOU'LL COME
BAND AND THE MAINTENANCE MAN
WILL HAVE TAKEN IT OUT AND PUT
ONE OF THOSE CURLICUE LIGHT
BULBS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT
KNOWS BETTER WHAT LIGHT BULB
YOU OUGHT TO HAVE.
AND THEY'VE PASSED A LAW THAT
SAYS YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE
ANYTHING BUT THOSE REALIZE.
BUT THEY FAIL TO REALIZE IF YOU
DROP ONE OF THOSE LIGHT BULBS
ON THE FLOOR AND IT BURSTS,
IT'S GOT MERCURY VAPOR IN IT
AND SOME OTHER NASTY STUFF I
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT TO CALL
THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM TO
COME IN IN HOODS AND SUITS AND
DO A HAZMAT REMOVAL OF THAT
BROKEN LIGHT BULB.
NOW, I'M SORRY, ONE OF THE
THINGS I LIKE TO SAY IS ONE OF
THE THINGS WE HAVE A SHORTAGE
OF IN AMERICA, ESPECIALLY THE
AMERICA THAT'S INSIDE THE
BELTWAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IS
COMMON SENSE.
BUT TO PUT A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
LIGHT BULB IN TO CORRECT A
NORMAL, SOMETHING YOU HAVE
AGAINST A NORMAL LIGHT BULB,
BECAUSE YOU THINK IT BURNS TOO
MUCH POWER, IS NOT VERY COST
EFFICIENT.
I'M PLEASED TO SEE MY FRIEND
MR. STEVE KING FROM IOWA DRIFT
IN HERE.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
HERE TONIGHT, BROTHER KING,
I'LL BE GLAD TO YIELD YOU SOME
TIME.
I THANK THE GENTLEMAN
FROM TEXAS, THE GOOD JUDGE WHO
HAS TAUGHT ME A FEW THINGS
ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS SITTING
ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WITH
THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, I
HAVEN'T LEARNED IT VERY WELL
BUT I SAW THE DEMONSTRATION ON
HOW TO LISTEN.
ONE OF THE COMMON DENOMINATORS
OF THE JUDGES FROM TEXAS WE
HAVE SERVING IN THIS CONGRESS,
THEY'RE GOOD LISTENERS, AND
THEY'VE HEARD A LOT OF STORIES,
SOME THE TRUTH, SOME NOT, AND
THEY SORT THAT OUT PRETTY WELL
SO WHEN I HEAR JUDGE CARTER
COME TO THE FLOOR TO TELL US
HOW IT IS, I'M CONFIDENT HE'S
LISTENED REALLY CAREFULLY AND
DRAWN A JUDGMENT AS TO WHAT'S
THE TRUTH AND WHAT ISN'T,
BOILED IT DOWN TO THE ESSENTIAL
FACTS OF CONSTITUTION AND LAW
AND COMMON SENSE AND RENDERED A
VERDICT.
SO AS I HEAR THIS VERDICT
EMERGING HERE FROM THE
PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, IT
CALLS ME TO THE FLOOR TO SAY
THANK YOU TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM
TEXAS FOR BRINGING THIS UP FOR
ALL THE TIMES THAT YOU'VE COME
TO THE FLOOR AND SOMETIMES HAD
A STAND ON A GOOD CAUSE AND
THAT'S THE WAY GOOD THINGS GET
STARTED, IT'S USUALLY ONE
PERSON STARTING US OUT AND
TRUTH SEEMS TO ATTRACT MORE
PEOPLE TO A TRUTHFUL, GOOD AND
JUST CAUSE.
SO I'M INTERESTED IN THE
GENTLEMAN'S PRESENTATION HERE
AND NOT PARTICULARLY INFORMED
BUT I CAME TO LISTEN.
THANK YOU.
I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE
MY LISTENING AND YIELD BACK TO
THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS.
I'M ABOUT THROUGH.
I WANT TO POINT OUT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST
FLUORESCENT WORKSHOPS.
I'VE GOT A FEW IN MY WORKSHOP
IN THE GARAGE, BECAUSE THEY
GAVE ME MORE LIGHT FOR LESS
MONEY, NOT BECAUSE OF
ELECTRICITY, BUT I MADE THAT
CHOICE.
AND I THINK THAT'S FINE.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO CHOOSE TO
HAVE ALL FLUORESCENT LIGHT
BULBS IN THEIR HOUSE, THAT'S
GREAT.
THAT'S -- THAT'S THE AMERICA WE
LOVE.
BUT I DON'T THINK NANCY PELOSI
OR ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES OUGHT TO BE
TELLING US WHAT KIND OF LIGHT
BULBS WE HAVE TO HAVE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO YOU.
YOU ARE A PERSON OF INDEPENDENT
WILL.
YOU ARE GRANTED LIBERTY AND
FREEDOM BY YOUR CONSTITUTION --
BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES AND THOSE ARE
JUST RECORDING GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS
AND PRIVILEGES AND I DON'T SEE
WHY WE THINK WE ARE THE CENTER
OF THE UNIVERSE FOR KNOWLEDGE
IN THIS HOUSE TO COME UP AND
TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF LIGHT
BULBS YOU CAN HAVE.
OR WHAT KIND OF ENERGY THAT YOU
CAN CONSUME.
UNLESS IT COMES OUT TO BE
AGAINST THE NATIONAL INTEREST,
AND I WOULD ARGUE RIGHT NOW
WITH ALL THE ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY, WE HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING
TO REPLACE WHAT WE'RE USING
RIGHT NOW YET, KEEP WORKING ON
IT, THEN LET US MAKE THE
CHOICE, LET THE AMERICAN
CITIZENS MAKE THE CHOICE AS TO
WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
I THINK THAT'S GOOD FREE DM.
THAT'S GOOD LIBERTY.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY WE PROSPER.
BECAUSE WE GIVE THE INDIVIDUAL
THE RIGHT TO MAKE HIS OWN
CHOICES.
IF HE CHOOSES TO DO SOMETHING
THAT HARMS OTHERS, WE CAN PUT A
STOP TO DA.
AND -- TO THAT.
AND IF HE DOESN'T, THAT'S ALL
RIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO TELL
THE INDIVIDUAL HOW TO LIVE HIS
LIFE.
I WOULD ARGUE THIS STUPID LIGHT
BULB RULE IS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS.
I'LL ARGUE THAT UNTIL IT'S
IMPOSED COMPLETELY AS A MANDATE
SOMETIME NEXT FALL, I THINK.
AND THEN I GUESS THE LIGHT BULB
POLICE WILL BE COMING AFTER ME.
BUT SERIOUSLY, THIS IS THE KIND
OF THINGS WE DO BY REGULATION,
IMPOSE OUR WILL ON OTHERS AND
IN MANY INSTANCES IT'S DONE BY
BUREAUCRATS WHO SIT IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THEY
PROBABLY DON'T -- HAVE NEVER
EVEN SEEN THAT PLOW THAT WE
JUST SAW IN THAT FARM EXCEPT
MAYBE THEY'VE SEEN IT ON
TELEVISION.
THEY CERTAINLY HAVE NOT SEEN
ANYBODY OUT THERE SWEATING ON
AN IOWA FARM OR TEXAS FARM,
OPERATING, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK
LIKE IT'S A DISK HARROWER, OR
MAYBE A SEEDER, YET THEY'RE
WRITING REGULATIONS TO REGULATE
THIS MAN'S LIFE.
MEAB THEY'RE THE RIGHT THING TO
DO BUT YOU WONDER WHEN THEY
HAVE ONE AND THEY COME UP WITH
ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU STILL HAVE
TO MEET THE FIRST ONE AND STACK
THE SEC ONE ON TOP OF IT, AND
IT CLEARLY HAS NO -- SERVES NO
PURPOSE.
THESE ARE ALL THE KIND OF
ARGUMENTS THAT FRUSTRATE YOU.
THE KIND OF THINGS THAT MAKE
THE AVERAGE BUSINESSMAN, THE
AVERAGE FARMER, RANCHER, DECIDE
TO HOLD OFF ON INVESTING IN
AMERICA BECAUSE HE WANTS TO
KNOW WHAT AMERICA HE'S
INVESTING IN.
HE OR SHE IS INVESTING IN.
AND THAT IS THE REAL ISSUE THAT
IS DRIVING THE FACT THAT WE ARE
STILL SITTING HERE RIGHT AROUND
9% UNEMPLOYMENT, AFTER ALL
THESE MONTHS, OVER 25 MONTHS,
WE'RE SITTING HERE WITH THE
SAME 8.9%, AS CLOSE TO 9% AS I
WANT TO GET, UNEMPLOYMENT.
BECAUSE THE AMERICANS THAT
CREATE THE JOBS ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT WHAT NEXT?
I SEE MR. KING HAS SOMETHING TO
SAY.
I YIELD WHATEVER TIME YOU WISH
TO CONSUME.
I THANK THE GENTLEMAN
FROM TEXAS.
AS I LISTEN TO THIS
PRESENTATION, A NUMBER OF
THINGS OCCUR TO ME ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A -- WHEN
YOU HAVE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND
THE FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE
PASSING RULES AND REGULATIONS
THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A PROD
AUTHORITY THAT'S GRANTED TO
THOSE AGENCIES BY THIS
CONGRESS, SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT THEY DO ARE BEYOND THE
IMAGINATION OF THE PEOPLE THAT
DEBATED OR VOTED FOR THE BILL
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND I LOOK AT THE CLEAN WATER
ACT, THE ENDANGERED SPECIES
ACT, WHICH ARE MORE THAN 30
CAREERS OLD BY NOW.
THEY'VE TURNED INTO SOMETHING
WAY BEYOND THE IMAGINATION OF
THE PEOPLE WHO PASSED THEM.
THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS THAT
SUPPORTED THEM THEN SEEM TO BE
ON THE EDGE OF WHAT WOULD BE
CONSIDERED MAINSTREAM.
LOOKING BACK ON THAT, THEY'D BE
CONSIDERED MAINSTREAM NOW BUT
THE PROBLEM WE HAVE AND
PARTICULARLY WITH E.P.A. WOULD
BE THAT THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS
OF THE E.P.A. EMPLOYEES THAT
FIRST IMPLEMENTED THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS OF CLEAN WATER ACT
AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, NOW
THEIR CHILDREN HAVE PICKED THIS
UP AND OTHERS FROM OUTSIDE A
SECOND GENERATION OF PEOPLE.
AND THEY'VE COME INTO THESE
PROFESSIONS NOW WITH, LIKE MANY
YOUNG PEOPLE DO, AND IT'S GOOD
TO BE IDEALISTIC AND HAVE A
SENSE OF A CAUSE BUT IF YOU
LOOK AT A LAW WRITTEN IN 1978
AND YOU APPLY IT WITH THE
VISION OF HAVING A CAUSE YOU
WANT TO BE CHAMPIONED FOR IN
2011, QUITE OFTEN THE SECOND
GENERATION ENVIRONMENTALIST IS
SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
THEN -- THAN THE FIRST
GENERATION ENVIRONMENTALIST AND
THEY'LL INTERPRET THE LAW AND
WRITE RULES BEYOND THE SCOPE OF
THE IMAGINATION OF THOSE WHO
DRAFTED IT AND RATIFIED IT AND
THE PRESIDENT THAT SIGNED IT
SYSTEM OF I DEAL WITH THINGS
BACK IN MY ENVIRONMENTAL
PERSPECTIVE, HAVING SPENT MY
LIFE'S WORK IN THE SOIL
CONSERVATION BUSINESS AND WE
HAVE GONE OUT AND DONE SOME
DRAINAGE WORK, MOSTLY IT'S BEEN
SURFACE WORK, TERRACES, DAMS
AND WATER WAYS AND I'VE
ENVATIONED THAT WE WOULD WANT
TO SEND ALL THE RAIN DROPS DOWN
THROUGH THE SOIL PROFILE TO
PURIFY THAT WATER IN NATURE'S
INTENED WAY AND KEEP THE SOIL
FROM WASHING DOWN THE STREAM
AND ENDING UP IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO GENTLEMAN THE
OF THE E.P.A. INITIATIVES ARE
REGULATIONS THAT COME FROM SOME
THINGS SUCH AS, I CAN THINK OF
PROTECTING STREAMS, AN ISSUE
THAT CAME TO MANY STATES, BUT
IT CAME TO IOWA, IT WAS ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT DREW ME TO
POLITICAL LIFE.
THEY WROTE A RULE THAT SAID
THESE WATERS FOR THESE STREAM,
THESE 115 STREAMS THAT WERE
DESIGNED TO BE PROTECTED FOR
THEIR NATURAL, RIPARIAN BEAUTY
TO QUOTE THE RULE, SOME OF THEM
WERE DRAINAGE DITCHES I HAD
FLOATED AND WALKED THOSE
STREAMS ALL OVER WESTERN IOWA,
THERE WERE DRAINAGE DITCHES.
THERE WAS NO NATURAL RIPARIAN
BEAUTY, THEY WANTED TO PE SERVE
AND PROTECT THEM AND CALL THEM
ENDANGERED STREAMS.
SO I BEGAN GOING TO THE
HEARINGS FOR THE RULES.
AND IN THE RULES THEY WROTE
THAT THESE STREAMS AND
ACCORDING TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL
BOUNDARIES DEFINED HERE, AND,
AND I QUOTE, WATERS
HYDROLOGICALLY CONNECTED TO
THEM, SHALL BE DECLARED
PROTECTED STREAMS AND SHALL BE
UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
WHICH REGULATERS IN E.P.A.
NOW, AND I BEGAN TO ASK THE
QUESTION, HERE'S HOW LANGUAGE
GETS STRETCHED.
I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT DOES
WATERS HYDROLOGICALLY CONNECTED
TO MEAN?
AND THE REGULATORS WOULD STAND
BEFORE THE PUBLIC MEETING AND
THEY WOULD SAY, WE DON'T KNOW.
YOU'RE HERE PRESENTING A RULE
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
MEANS, WATERS HYDROLOGICALLY
CONNECTED TO THEM?
NO.
WE CAN'T.
WHY NOT?
HOW COME YOU CANT IF YOU DON'T
TAKE IT OUT?
THEY KNEW WHEN I WALKED INTO
THE SECOND MEETING WHO I WAS
AND WHAT I WAS THERE FOR, I
ASKED ONE QUESTION AND I DIDN'T
GET AN ANSWER, I OPENED MY
MOUTH FOR THE SECOND QUESTION,
THEY SAID ONLY ONE QUESTION PER
PERSON AND I SAID I DROVE TWO
AND A HALF HOURS TO GET HERE,
IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME TWO AND A
HALF HOURS TO GET HOME, I'M
GOING TO STAND HERE UNTIL I GET
ALL MY QUESTIONS APPSED.
IT CAME TO THIS.
THEY HAD DECIDED THEY WANTED TO
REGULATE WHAT IT AMOUNTED TO
EVERY SQUARE FOOST THE STATE OF
IOWA UNDER RULES THAT WERE
SLIPPERILY DECEPTIVE.
IT WAS LANG WG THAT SAID WATERS
HYDROLOGICALLY CONNECTED TO.
MOIST SOIL WILL HAVE IN IT
WATER CONTENT OF 25%, 28%, 30%,
AND STILL BE FAIRLY STABLE.
THAT WOULD REGULATE US UP TO TO
THE KITCHEN SINK.
THAT'S ONE THING ENVIRONMENTAL
EXTREMISTS SOUGHT TO IMPOSE ON
US IN THE STATE THAT GAVE THEM
ALL KINDS OF LATITUDE.
ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE WHEN THEY
DECIDED TO DECLARE WETLANDS BY
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS WOULD LOOK
DOWN, TAKE A SHOT AND IF THERE
WERE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
VEGETATION GROWING IN THE FIELD
THEY DECLARED IT TO BE A
WETLAND THAT OTHERWISE WOULD
HAVE BEEN FARMED.
SO THERE COULD BE SOMEBODY
MISSED WITH THE HERB SIDE ON
TOP OF THE HILL, THE FOXTAIL
WOULD GROW, THE CORPS OF
ENGINEERS WOULD DECLARE THAT
OUR TO BE A WETLAND ON TOP OF
THE HILL.
THIS IS HOW GOVERNMENT
REGULATION GETS OUT OF HAND AND
STARTS TO TAKE OVER THE
PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE
INDIVIDUALS, WHO HAVE A RIGHT
TO USE THAT PROPERTY IN A
RESPONSIBLE WAY AS A MEEPS OF
AN INCOME TO PRODUCE CROPS EVEN
IF IT HAPPENS TO BE COTTON,
WHICH WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF IN
MY DISTRICT, SO I JUST THINK
THAT THIS CONGRESS SHOULD DO
THIS.
WE SHOULD BRING EVERY RULE
BEFORE THIS CONGRESS FOR AN
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE BEFORE IT CAN
HAVE THE FORCE AND EFFECT OF
LAW.
WE CAN DO IT EN BLOC, BRING
THEM ALL IN TOGETHER.
WE NEED TO GIVE ANY MEMBER AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DIVIDE A RULE
OUT AND FORCE A SEPARATE VOTE
ON IT AND WE NEED TO GIVE
MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
AMEND THEM.
AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM
KENTUCKY, MR. DAVIS, HAS A BILL
THAT ADDRESSES THIS IN THIS
FASHION.
IT'S NOT AS BROAD IN SCOPE AS I
WOULD GO BUT IT'S A VERY, VERY
GOOD START ON GETTING THIS
CONGRESS UNDER CONTROL AND THE
REGULATORS UNDER CONTROL AND
GIVING CONGRESS THE AUTHORITY
THAT'S VESTED IN US IN THE
CONSTITUTION RATHER THAN
SUBCONTRACTING IT OFF TO THE
AGENCIES AND LETTING THEM RUN
THIS GOVERNMENT AT WILL.
SO I APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN
FROM TEXAS GIVING ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO VENT MYSELF ON
THESE FRUSTRATING ISSUES AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
I YIELD BACK.
OUR FRIEND FROM
KENTUCKY, RECLAIMING MY TIME,
OUR FRIEND FROM KENTUCKY HAS
BEEN DOWN HERE WITH ME TALKING
JUST ABOUT THAT ACT AND I DON'T