[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 13 (Monday, January 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H483]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


              TIME TO DO AWAY WITH BURDENSOME REGULATIONS

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, history was made on the opening day here in 
Congress.
  We passed sweeping reforms to not only change the rules of the House 
but also to make Congress adhere to laws governing the rest of the 
country.
  But now the question is, Mr. Speaker: Do we really need so many 
regulations? Compliance under some of these strict rules and 
regulations which are mandated by OSHA, the Americans With Disabilities 
Act, and all of this massive legislation we passed in the last 150 
years is forcing companies to either downsize their work force or go 
out of business entirely, as we speak.
  Many small business are struggling under the yoke of overburdensome 
regulations and rules. They make it virtually impossible for them to 
operate.
  Mr. Speaker, I applaud the action taken thus far by Congress to bring 
this body into the mainstream, but I also think the time is now to do 
away with many of these needless rules and regulations that are already 
in existence.


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