[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5103]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          DEATH BY REGULATION

  (Mr. FARENTHOLD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARENTHOLD. To balance our budget, we have got to do more than 
just cut spending. We've got to cut excessive government regulation 
that keeps businesses from growing, expanding and hiring more people. 
We have got to get rid of the culture of ``no'' that infects our 
regulatory agencies like a cancer.
  A small business from south Texas that knows firsthand the 
detrimental impact of shortsighted and excessive regulation is Zarsky 
Lumber Company with its 135 employees. They survived the Great 
Depression and this economic downturn, and they now face another big 
threat--the EPA and its job-killing rules.
  Another large business is considering locating a new plant in China 
instead of south Texas to avoid oppressive regulations. Our government 
has become too big and Federal regulations too onerous.
  In a recent meeting with a Federal agency, I asked how long their 
permitting process took. They told me between 3 and 7 years. How do 
regulators sleep at night knowing that every day they delay is a day 
someone doesn't get a job they need to support their families?
  Our job is to help create jobs. And we create jobs by getting the 
government out of the way. Cutting redtape is just as important as 
cutting spending to get our financial house in order.

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