[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14046]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      NOMINATION OF JOHN D. GRAHAM

  Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. President, I rise today to express my opposition 
to the confirmation of John D. Graham, Ph.D. to direct the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, (OIRA), at the Office of Management 
and Budget, (OMB).
  As Administrator of OIRA, Dr. Graham would be the gatekeeper for all 
Federal regulations. In my view, Dr. Graham, with his anti-regulatory 
views, is simply the wrong choice to serve in this important policy 
making position.
  In enacting the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Clean Air Act 
and other safety and health and environmental laws, Congress made a 
clear policy choice that protection of health and the environment was 
to be paramount consideration in setting regulations and standards. Dr. 
Graham's views and opinions are directly at odds with these policies.

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