[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 4, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H2102]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 THE GROWING INEQUALITY IN THIS COUNTRY

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, today the Federal Register is four times 
larger than it was in 1970.
  This weekend, columnist Peggy Noonan captured the feeling among 
everyday Americans:

       Voters and taxpayers feel bullied, burdened and jerked 
     around which, again, is not new, but feels more intense every 
     day. Rules, regulations, many of them stupid, from all the 
     agencies, local, State, Federal, on the building of a house 
     or the starting of a business. You can only employ so many 
     before the new insurance rules kick in, so don't employ too 
     many. Don't take a chance, which means don't grow.

  Mr. Speaker, there is growing inequality in this country, between 
regulators and the regulated, between large businesses wielding 
government influence and smaller competitors attempting to grow, 
between established corporations with compliance departments and 
upstarts with energy and ideas.
  This status inequality demands our attention. Last week's bipartisan 
passage of the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act is a 
good start, but much more must be done.

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