[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16151]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          RECKLESS REGULATIONS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, right now, there's probably a group of 
folks at a large oak table in a marble palace down the street nibbling 
on their $16 muffins, drinking their lattes, and dreaming up new 
expensive, ineffective regulations to impose on the rest of us. They 
are the regulators. The very term brings fear and trepidation to the 
hearts and souls of people who work for a living. Meanwhile, 14 million 
Americans are sitting at their old kitchen table drinking coffee from 
their Mr. Coffee pot with no job on the horizon.
  In a Gallup poll this week, small business owners said that complying 
with government regulations was the biggest economic problem they face. 
Some businesses pack up their bags and even move to places like China. 
Meanwhile, the U.S. reckless regulators are putting businesses out of 
business.
  The REINS Act will finally bring some accountability to the 
regulatory bureaucrats by requiring a vote on any regulation costing 
$100 million or more. Congress must pass this bill now. Cut redtape, 
clamp down on the renegade regulators, and create jobs. America can't 
wait.
  And that's just the way it is.

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