[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13021]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PASS THE REINS ACT

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, when I talk to small businesses in 
Minnesota about what their biggest challenges are, one of the top 
concerns they mention is of the regulations coming from Washington. For 
these small employers, unnecessary regulations and bureaucratic red 
tape make it difficult to expand and create jobs.
  That is why I support the REINS Act, which the House will be voting 
on this afternoon. The concept is simple: If a government agency 
proposes a regulation that will have a significant economic impact, 
Congress should have to sign off on it. With an average of 10 new 
regulations a day, small-business owners are spending more time on 
paperwork and less time on their businesses.
  Mr. Speaker, with our sluggish economic recovery and anemic growth, 
there is no doubt that we have to get the engine of our economy going 
and small businesses moving again. That means passing the REINS Act 
today.

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