[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 125 (Monday, July 31, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H7995-H7996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


         IT IS TIME TO END GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY AS WE KNOW IT

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, wherever I go in my district I hear the 
same thing over and over: Uncle Sam is out of control. Regulations are 
choking the life out of our farmers, bankers, and small businessmen. 
Agents, regulators, and bureaucrats are crawling all over eastern North 
Carolina, hounding and penalizing hard-working people who want nothing 
more than to be left alone by their Government.

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  Look at what OSHA has done to a small but vital industry in America--
roofing. OSHA bureaucrats most of whom have never been out of a 
classroom can put a small roofing company out of business, if it 
catches a roofer smoking or chewing gum. OSHA says contractors must 
provide employees with AIDS exposure training and instruct employees on 
the hazards of such dangerous chemicals as chalk, lumber, and 
dishwashing detergent. OSHA even says contractors have to label tar 
filled roofing kettles, ``hot.'' Can you see why OSHA is draining this 
industry of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people are fed up. They have had enough of 
bureaucrats with no grasp of reality and no sympathy for the very 
people who make America work. Mr. Speaker, isn't it time to end 
Government bureaucracy as we know it.

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