[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6335-6336]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




GET SERIOUS ABOUT REDUCING THE REGULATORY OVERBURDEN UPON THE AMERICAN 
                                 PEOPLE

  (Mr. STEWART asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEWART. Mr. Speaker, Federal agencies in Washington, D.C., are 
setting new records. Unfortunately, these are not records that they 
should be proud of. In 2013, the Federal Register contained nearly 
80,000 pages of new rules and regulations imposed on American 
businesses. We know that the result of this is that it stifles jobs, it 
slows economic growth, and it hurts opportunities for hardworking 
Americans.

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  Before coming to Congress, I was a small business owner. I saw 
firsthand the devastating effect of these regulations on job creation 
and growth. This administration will be remembered for one thing, and 
that is ObamaCare, which I think is the worst law written in the 
history of the universe. But it will also be recognized for another, 
and that is Dodd-Frank, which runs a close second. Both of these are 
emblematic of this philosophy of bigger government, a more powerful 
government, a less effective government.
  Now is the time to get serious about reducing the regulatory 
overburden upon the American people.

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