[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       BUSINESSES NEED STABILITY

  (Mr. LANKFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. Speaker, I come from an energy State, a State that 
has done hydraulic fracking since the 1940s. It is a State that has 
beautiful lands, clean air, and clean water.
  But energy requires a tremendous amount of capital, and so it needs 
consistency in its laws and its regulations. In this day and age, 
that's a problem apparently because Federal regulations continue to 
change.
  It shouldn't be an issue. We're a Nation of laws, not a Nation of 
leaders. As a Nation of laws, we center around what is consistent and 
stable so business can invest. When that is destabilized, no one knows 
what to do, no one knows how to invest, and jobs don't grow.
  Let me just give you a few examples. The recess appointments done by 
this President just a few months ago destabilized the NLRB and CFPB. 
The Boeing rule that was put down just 2 years ago now by the NLRB 
telling Boeing where they can and can't build. The immigration laws 
that are coming out right now begin to destabilize because no one knows 
when the law is going to be enforced and when it's not going to be 
enforced, and who gets a waiver and who doesn't. The Defense of 
Marriage Act that now is not going to be enforced anymore by this 
administration. The HHS decision that comes down and tells a religious 
group what they can practice as their doctrine and what they can't 
practice. And then yesterday, a requirement for executive privilege 
based on Fast and Furious.
  The Missouri Senate has experienced this. Hosanna Tabor v. EEOC was a 
9-0 Supreme Court ruling, kicking out the Obama administration trying 
to redefine what is a minister. It is time for stable regulations, 
stable rules, and the law to come around to Congress again.

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