[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 186 (Friday, October 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5798]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        BIDEN PILES UP RED TAPE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, it appears that the Biden administration is 
going to do everything it possibly can to destroy our economy and hurt 
working-class people.
  Headline in today's Washington Times: ``Biden piles up red tape after 
Trump's trims: Long arm of regulation reaches businesses for vague 
objectives.''
  ``President Biden accelerated the regulatory state on his first day 
in office by ordering agencies to consider aspirational but vaguely 
defined goals and benefits when imposing new rules on businesses large 
and small.
  ``The order greenlighting regulations even when the benefits `are 
difficult or impossible to quantify' sent shudders down the spines of 
CEOs. They fear business growth will be smothered in pursuit of vague 
objectives such as `human dignity' and `the interests of future 
generations.'
  `` `It is the most aggressive thing I have ever seen by an 
administration,' said Doug Holtz-Eakin. `It is one thing to put out a 
bunch of regulations, but this changes the way regulation is done. It 
allows you to jam through any regulation you want regardless of the 
impact [on] the private sector.' ''
  We know we are having historic increased inflation and historic debt 
levels and now regulations. It is a disaster coming.

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