[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 58 (Thursday, April 22, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H2806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  EPA'S CONTEST USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to make Americans aware of a contest 
being held by the Environmental Protection Agency. In an attempt to 
explain how the bureaucracy works, the EPA has announced a video 
contest to encourage citizens to create videos that explain the Federal 
rulemaking process. The reward for showing how your government operates 
is a prize of $2,500.
  To some, I realize that might not seem like a lot of money, but as my 
friend Marsha Blackburn astutely pointed out, $2,500 is the total tax 
contribution for a working American making just under $30,000 a year. 
Do we really want to ask any American to hand their total tax payment 
over to someone who made a YouTube video?
  Mr. Speaker, we must restore fiscal discipline in the Federal 
Government, and ending this kind of spending is a good place to start.

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