[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H555-H556]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 THE ROLE OF FEDERAL REGULATION AS IT RELATES TO THE UNFUNDED MANDATES 
                                 ISSUE

  (Mr. NADLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to comment on some remarks from my 
distinguished colleague on the other side of the aisle, whose name I do 
not yet know.
  He commented that opposition to the bill on unfunded mandates arises 
from distrust of the capability or wisdom of State governments, that 
they cannot make decisions and, therefore, we must make the decisions 
for them.
  The fact is, Mr. Speaker, that in many cases the Federal Government 
must come to the aid and assistance of State and local governments 
because they are unable to protect themselves, either because rivers 
know no State boundaries and a polluter in one State causes pollution 
in a second, a third, and a fourth, and it demands Federal legislation 
to protect States because they cannot do it themselves, or, second, a 
State may wish to regulate an economic activity which harms its people 
but is told, ``You cannot regulate that activity because if you have 
that regulation, the large corporation will move and take its jobs and 
taxes to another State,'' not because the regulation is not a good and 
fair one but because they have the power to do so. The Federal 
Government must protect the States in that instance.
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                DO NOT DECLARE OPEN SEASON ON HYPOCRITS

  (Mr. KANJORSKI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I come from the State of Pennsylvania, 
and we are famous for hunting. I know our chairman on the other side 
comes from an area not distant from mine, and some of our counties have 
more deer than people. In Pennsylvania when we have an over population 
of game, we declare an open hunting season. It seems we may have a lot 
of hypocrisy and a high population of hypocrits in the House. I hope 
that does not mean we are going to declare an open season.

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