[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 35 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


              ANOTHER REGULATION IN BILL CLINTON'S AMERICA

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, John Shuler, a Montana rancher, was fined 
$4,000 in 1993 for violating the Endangered Species Act. What was Mr. 
Shuler's crime? He shot and killed a grizzly bear that charged him on 
his own property.
  Welcome to Bill Clinton's America.
  This is just another of the many examples of outrageous Federal 
regulations that are hurting American competitiveness and, more simply, 
ticking Americans off.
  I think it is incredibly important to understand the regulatory 
mindset that is at work in this administration. It is a mindset that 
assumes the worst about our fellow Americans, whether they be 
businessmen, property owners, or workers.
  But all that begins to change when we pass the Regulatory Transition 
Act, which will institute a moratorium on new regulations. This 
moratorium will allow us time to carefully consider the entire issue of 
Federal regulation and to pass laws that preserve important safeguards 
while repealing those regulations that are counterproductive. This is 
what Americans said they wanted on November 8. And this is what we will 
deliver.

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