Senate Testimony: Why Senate Regulatory Proposals Would Do More Harm Than Good
I delivered the following oral and written testimony today to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Oral Testimony Mr. Chairman,...
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This Week's House Votes: Federalism as Farce
The Tea Partiers and their allies love to prattle on about “federalism” – the idea of a cooperative relationship between the federal and state governments...
Why General Attacks on Regulation are Wrong
I delivered the following written and oral testimony today to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: Oral Testimony Mr...
Casting Oil Upon the Waters: The House Drilling Bills
This week, the House could vote on three bills to expand offshore oil and gas drilling. It is remarkable enough that the House would take up such measures...
The Continuing Resolution Lets Environmental Protection Continue
Late Monday night, the actual text of the spending agreement for the remainder of this fiscal year became public. While President Obama and House Speaker...
Riding to the Rescue: Key Senators Oppose Anti-Environment Provisions
With a government shutdown looming if Republicans and Democrats can’t reach an agreement on a spending bill by April 8, budget negotiations are at a critical...