[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 8, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               REINING IN REGULATION TO HELP JOBS RECOVER

  (Mr. GOODLATTE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, America's workers and families are in a 
jobs depression. Since 2009, 9.5 million people have dropped out of the 
workforce. America's workforce participation rate is the lowest since 
Jimmy Carter was President. Millions looking for full-time work can 
find only part-time jobs.
  Overreaching Federal regulation is a big reason for this jobs 
disaster. The Obama administration's onslaught of new major regulation 
is unprecedented. Every day, Federal agencies erect more roadblocks to 
economic growth and a jobs recovery.
  The House Judiciary Committee is working hard to provide relief. It 
passed the REINS Act last month and is at work on other groundbreaking 
legislation to reduce unneeded regulation. This legislation is critical 
to the growth and recovery America needs, and the Judiciary Committee 
will do all it can to achieve it.

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