to encounter the message? >> to me it is a great weakness of the al qaeda and something that muslim thinkers have noticed and repeated the bench and to cause tremendous dissent within the broader modest the question of killing muslims and especially muslim noncombatants. . .>> thank you very much.

i appreciate that a great deal. or as president obama would say, you are welcome. [laughter] the bible teaches us that the truth will set us free and there are many truths that i know you have heard here today. as we wind down this great day i would like to share a few additional troops that are important for the future direction of our country. we lived in the greatest nation in the history of the world. [applause] there are no people anywhere at

any time that have experienced more success and more prosperity than those of us fortunate enough to live in the united states of america in these modern times, but as you know, our country faces great challenges in our beloved united states of america is in big trouble. we have to make sure that we see the challenge is clearly and that we call them out clearly and that we provide the solutions clearly. unfortunately, we have a president whose policies have failed and he will not tell the people of the united states of america the truth about what it will take to fix these problems. [applause] if we are going to restore america's promise, we need a president that keeps his or her promises to america and that is not barack obama. i started out by making a number of big promises to the country. he stood in iowa and said we need to fix the broken health care system, but back then he

opposed the individual mandate. he said he would do health care reform with republicans. he would focus on cost containment. you remember the statements? did he keep its word to america? barack obama ran and got elected president within the first -- ran and got elected president. within the first months of this presidency, he knew about the economic challenges we were facing. he said he would cut the deficit in half during his first term as president. did he keep this promise to america? president obama as a senator said do not raise the debt ceiling cap. that would be an example of a failed leadership. now he has become the champion of raising the debt ceiling. the last thing we need to do as a country is get barack obama more money to waste in washington, d.c. [applause] beyond what his promises of art that had been broken, we have other challenges that we have to clean up and a message we have

to fix. this is a nation that this is $4 a gallon gasoline. we a crushing levels of unemployment that is hurting our fellow citizens and families all across this country. we have a federal government that is out of control and we have a president who offers us more fluffy rhetoric. his rhetoric does not fill our gas tanks with gas and it does not pay our mortgages. it does not pay for our children's needs, clothes, and things they might need. it does not pay the mortgage. i think you can join me in telling president obama we have had enough of your broken promises. if we get that and out of your rhetoric. lead the country or get out of the way. [applause] about it is drowning in debt and the weight of that is crushing. we are spending as a federal

government $40,000 a second in money they do not have. in the hour or so you will be gathered here between 9:00 and at 10:00, the united states of america will go in just this on our, 40 cents out of every dollar that the federal government spends is money they don't have. we're not just in just -- i'm going to say if we don't tell the truth we're going to lose our country. i'm running for president because i love the united states of america and with my leadership and experience we can get it back to a better place

but we're going to have to identify the real challenges and off real solutions. we're together going to have to have the courage to tell the american people the truth. when i started my campaign i went to the all-important state of iowa and said we're going to have to phase out the ethanol subsidies and i said that on the announcement speech inive. [applause] i then went down to florida and talked to haves and others about what it's really going to take to fix social security and the other entitlement programs in the country. then i went to walmart and told them they're some of the worst offenders. then we came to washington, d.c. and told the federal employees you can't get paid more and better than the people who are paying the bills, the taxpayers, so your frozen benefits are

going to be froze than reform. if we had time tonight to go around this room and hear each of your american stories, i think we'd hear incredible stories about faith and family, i think we'd hear stories about the value of hard work. i think we'd hear inspiring stories about people starting things and having a dream and building and creating, about people providing jobs and building businesses and working with others to make the private economy going forward. i think we'd hear inspiring stories about challenges that you've had in your life maybe about finance or health or other loved ones have struggled and maybe you are then have needed a pat on the back of engourningment. i think we'd hear incredible stories about what in-- inspires you about your country and individuals and hard work and faith and family. what we would hear is people --

wouldn't hear is standing up and saying out -- how the bureaucracy and government transformed and changed your life. so we need to make sure our future is based on what we know works. the way forward may not be easy but it's not complex. we know the values and principles this country was founded on. we can harvest the values and principles and bring them forward to the opportunities and challenges of our time, and it starts with basic common sense principles and let me go through a few of them with you. the first one is this. let's always remember where this starts. we need to be a nation that turns towards god, not away from got [applause] and this isn't the rhetoric of a modern-day politics. this was the founding

perspective of our founding fathers. they put it in the founding documents and as a result of that, 49 of our 50 states have language in their constitution like the federal government does. in minnesota, it says this -- we the people of minnesota, grateful to god for our civil and religious liberties. it doesn't say grateful to our city council member or local regulator or to our member of congress. these privileges and rights are endowed to us by our creator. they come from the creator and are guaranteed by the constitution. so let's remember where this begins. the second principle that's very important is if we're going to provide a quality of life to our citizens, we need to remember this point. it's really hard to have a quality of life unless you have a life. so we need to stand as a conservative movement for

protection and respect for life. it's foundational to our country and everything in it. [applause] the third is traditional marriage matters. and we need to tell each other and the country that we need to keep traditional marriage elevated on a platform. all domestic relationships are not the same as traditional marriage. it needs to be protected and a mom and a dad and parents matter in a child's life, for obvious reasons and so it is a cornerstone of our nation, of our social fabric, to define marriage as between a man and a woman. i'm glad to be the co-author of the definition of marriage act in minnesota. [applause] next is this -- we can't be a successful and continue to be a great nation unless we're secure. people won't dream or take risks

or deploy capital or invent or to -- do things unless they feel secure. and as a nation we need to remember that the first and most important responsibility of our federal government is to keep this nation safe and secure and our people secure. [applause] and let's remember that the individuals and the mindset that perpetuated the horrible acts of september 11, 2001 and killed 3,000 or so of our fellow citizens that mindset still exists. if they could have exilled 3 0,000 or 300,000 or 3 million they would have and as soon as they get the capability they'll try. we need to make sure they're identified, called by name and defeated before they operationize before the united

states of america. radical islam, not all of islam, but radical islam believes it's ok to kill and murder in the name of their religion. it's not. we need to make sure we call this by name and stand up to it not as being afraid of it as a matter of political correctness. it is not ok and we need to say that. and one other thing, we need a president of the united states who stands shoulder to shoulder with our great friend israel and make sure there is no daylight between the united states and israel. [applause] now, the next ones -- i know it's been a long day. you've been here a long time and maybe things are wearing on for you and there are just a couple

more speakers. so i'm going to say this slowly. i know we have some democrat trackers in the back so i'm going to say it slowly so even they can follow along with this. are you ready? this one is important. very complex. very difficult. we can't spend more than we take in. the federal government takes in 2.2 trillion in revenue each year and they're spending -- 3.7 trillion. you can't do that as a family, you can't do that as a business and we can't let the government do it anymore. just because we followed greece into democracy does not mean we're going to follow them into

bankruptcy. two other quick things. if we're going to provide a quality of life to our fellow citizens they have to have jobs and we have to do things that will make it more likely that jobs are going to grow in this country, not less quickly. i talked to hundreds and hundreds of job providers across this country every day and they all say the same thing -- get the government off my back. [applause] so those burdens of regulation, and the government saying it's going to be slow, more expensive, more difficult, it's discouraging. with you want to encourage not discourage our job providers and when the government takes over our lives and says we're going

to take over one more place that was reserved for families or interpret nurse, they not only grow their budget and footprint but they do something else. they discourage the american spirit. and the brilliance of this country is not in our government, it's in our people. and that spirit needs to rise again. and we, the american people, will take back this country. i want to close and just tell you the best sermons aren't preached, they're lived. so all the candidates are going to come out in places like this and say hey, i'm for cutting taxing, for reducing spending, i'm for pro life and traditional marriage and being tough on terrorism, zool choice and for market based health care reform. and on down the list. you're going to say boy, that sounds similar. but i hope you'll have the

question who's actually done it, not just talked about it. and in the land of al franken we move the needle on all of it. there's countries that have been at this intersection before. in the late 1970's, the country was in big trouble, we were facing foreign security threats and a new president about to be sworn in walked out of the united states capitol. it was an overcast day in the early year of 1981. his name was ronald wilson rageen and as he took to the podium to take the oath of office, he remembered later in his ma'am aways that the clouds parted in a brief moment and he felt a ray of warmth hit the moment at the very moment he was being sworn in. he put his hand on his mother nell's bible and he laid his

hand on the verse, second chronicles 7:14 which says this -- if my people who are called by my name will hum nl -- humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then i will here from heaven forgive their sins and heal their land. that passage doesn't say if those people over there do something. it says if my people. the responsibility first comes to us. and so this is the united states of america and the way forward will not be easy, but we all have a duty and responsibility to restore this wonderful land. this god privileged god blessed country, and we need to make sure that while it may not be easy that we're up for the fight. so if security were easy, everybody around the world would be secure and if prosperity,

everybody around the world would be prosperous if it were easy. and if it was easy, everyone around the world been free. but they're not. but our forefathers laid down the principles in the road map that is our country. and they envisioned this, lincoln personified it. and now the call comes to each of us. are you? i am and i'm ready for this fight. barack obama promised great change in 2008 and he did change the country. but this time in 2012 we will change the country and it will be for the better. thanks for being here. let's go take back america. thank you very much. ♪

>> wow! thank you. oh, it's been a busy couple of days for mitt and i. as you know, we have done something -- i think we've put a warning shot across the bow of the obama administration because we're coming to get him. [applause] >> many of you know mitt and i have known each other for a very long time. we actually knew each other when we were children. started dating in high school. have been married for 42 years. we have five children, five daughters-in-law and 16

grandchildren. i was the one that encouraged mitt recently to think about getting back in this race. now, i will tell i love my children, but any of you that have grandchildren, i love my grandchildren a lot more, and i am concerned about this country. and about the direction it's going and about the future for my grandchildren. which is why mitt and i have decided to get in this race and to bring america back to where it needs to be. [applause] i have known mitt, as you might know, through thick and thin. i've had a few challenges of my own. when i was diagnosed with multiple soccer lows -- scler rose is, he stood by me me and

gave me the strength to overcome that illness. he was also by my side when i was diagnosised with breast cancer and he stood by me through thin thick and thin with that. we've been through some good times and some bad times, but the one person i know that everyone calls on when there's a crisis, it's mitt romney. he knows how to fix thing and how to put things back on track and how to turn things around, and if ever there was a need in this country to have a turnaround, it's right now. so mitt, it's up to you, sweetie. [applause] >> hey, guys. wow, what a group. wow. exciting. thank you. that is a remarkable woman, ill

tell you, right there. she is my hero is a champion. i'm honored to be with you. we're younted tonight in a lot of things. in the love we have for this great country, in our belief in the sanctity of human life, we're you knowed in our belief in the importance and significance of marriage between one man and one woman. [applause] we're united in our belief in america and tonight as we gather, we're also united in our concern for america, because our country is in pearl. about three years ago -- peril. about three years ago americans did the kind of things americans do from time to time. we elected someone new to be president. we didn't know much about him but he was extraordinarily gifted as a speaker and his talk

of hope. now we have more than rhetoric to go by. we have his record. barack obama has failed the american people. [applause] when he took office, his number one job, in addition to getting our troops from overseas, was to turn the american economy around. he said look, i want to borrow $87 billion and if you let me borrow that from china and others, i'll get the employment rate to believe 9%. it hasn't gotten below that rate. today we have 20 million americans out of work or looking for full-time jobs. we still have three years later home foreclosures at record

levels. three years later, we have declining home prices. three years later we have debt piling on dealt. we have as much dealt at the federal government level almost as the size of our total economy. this presidency has been a failure and what does he have to say about this? he says i'm just getting started. no, mr. president, you've had your turn. did you hear what he said today about the 9.1% of unemployed americans? he said that is just a bump in the road. no, mr. president, that is not a ball. that is americans. people unemployed are not just it is 6. if you have this number of people unemployed, you have college kids, for instance, that cannot even go to college. you have young married people

who want to start a household cannot afford to do so. you have marriages that sometimes break under the strain of unemployment. you have people who are duty five years old, in the prime of their life, out of work, -- 55 years old, wondering if they will ever get another job. this is a moral crisis that we face in this country. with this crisis going on, the president is in the midwest today taking a victory lap about how successful he has been in dealing with the automobile industry. he is taking a victory lap at the very time we have more people announced today that are out of work. it is an extraordinary thing. i don't think it is possible to solve a crisis if you cannot see a crisis, and this president does not see a crisis, and we do. i also think it is a moral tragedy for us to pile up more

and more debt that we know we cannot possibly pay off during our lifetimes, and pushing that on to the next generation. i think it is totally inexcusable. i want to make sure that we as a generation pass along a torch to the next generation rather than passing on a bill for our excesses. we are going to do that. i sometimes wonder how is that the president has been so wrong in his guidance of the economy and the nation. i am reminded of what ronald reagan said. he said it is not that liberals are ignorant, it is just that what they know is wrong. and he has proven that, hasn't he? but there is something more than that. whether it is the inspiration that came from the faculty lounges he has been in or the inspiration that comes from watching the policies of the europeans, but much of what he has done is similar to the policies we have seen come out of europe. with our economy in trouble, he did what they did. he spent more money and borrowed

more money. he pushed the unions and saluted the union bosses. with health-care having difficulties, he said let's have the federal government take it over, just like the europeans did. with energy challenges, he pursued cap and trade. he thought higher prices would help us out. the european solutions do not work for europe. they surely are not going to work for america. [applause] the right answer for america is to believe in the principles that made america america. for instance, i believe in american free enterprise, american opportunity, american freedom and liberty. my dad grew up for. his dad went broke more than once. my dad to take a handful of nails, put them in his mouth,

spit them out pointing forward and tell them one by one. he could not get a college degree, but when he got married to my mom, that went across the country. he filled the back of the trunk with aluminum paint and sold paint along the way to pay for gas and hotels. he believed in america. he believed in the opportunity that america represented. he was out to go up and ultimately become the chief executive officer of america's leading car companies. he also became the governor of a state where he once sold aluminum paint. this is a nation where the circumstance of your birth is no barrier to your achievement, if you dream. this is a great land. [applause] i believe in free enterprise and capitalism. by the way, in this campaign we need someone who can stand up

for those principles that can help us lead the world economically. i can do that because i have lived those principles. i believe in the constitution and in the 10th amendment to the constitution which limits the power of the federal government and reserves powers of the states. if i am lucky enough to be president, i am going to go over the federal government and take dozens of programs and return them to the states and the private sector where they belong. the mother of all power grab, i will also return obamacare. we are going to get rid of that. [applause] i believe in the principle of limited government. government is to be. do you realize how much

government at the federal, state, and local level now accounts for in our economy? about 40% of the total u.s. economy is accounted for by government. the federal share of that is about 25% of the total economy of the gdp. in my view, what i would do if i am president of the united states is to say we are going to limit federal spending to 20% of gdp and we are not going to raise taxes, and we are going to finally balance our budget and keep america within its means. i believe in america. i believe in freedom and opportunity. i believe in free enterprise and capitalism. i believe in the constitution. i believe the limited government, and i believe in the greatness of america. when this president went around a world at the beginning of his

administration and apologized for america, i was appalled. this is the greatest nation in history of the earth. the sacrifice of our sons and daughters is unequaled in world history. this is the sacrifice made to preserve liberty for ourselves and for others. this is a great nation and there is no reason to be ashamed or to apologize for america. we are proud of america. [applause] i also believe in the greatness of the american people. unnoticed fashion will in some corners to get a little discouraged sometimes about what you see other americans do. in part -- i know is fashionable in some corners to get a little discouraged about what is the other americans do. i have had a chance to go around the country in a presidential campaign. you get to meet a lot of people and learn about them. i have been in business 25 years

of my life. i joked that i spent 25 years in business. i was only a governor for four years. i never inhale. i am still a private sector guy. i get to meet people in the real world. then i went to the olympics and got to meet young people from our country and all over the world. when i became governor i applaud some of the same principles that i had applied in business. i was proud that we balance the budget every year for four years. we lowered taxes 19 times. we put in place a rainy day fund of over $2 billion. that would help, wouldn't it? what i drew most from these experiences it was the confidence i have in the american people. and the greatness of the american spirit. i remember one day i was in my office serving as governor, toward the end of my term. we got a call from the airport.

they said that a soldier's body was being returned to our state, coming in on a u.s. air flight, but that the family had not been able to be notified in time to get there to receive the body and they had asked if i would come to the airport to receive that body. of course i said yes. we drove fervor to the airport and the police car took me out on the tarmac -- we drove over to the airport. the luggage came down the conveyor, and finally the casket came down a conveyor. the state troopers also looted and i put my hand on my heart. i happened to glance up at the terminal. there is a big wall of glass at the terminal where the plane had come in and the people coming off the plane had seen all the cop cars. they lined up to see what was going on. people walking down the hall so the people against the glass so they pulled in behind them. a huge crowd as i looked up there. every single person i saw had their hand on their heart.

i could not see the tears through the glass, but i could see the faces. the sincerity and appreciation and love for the sacrifice of that soldier. we are patriotic people. the american people rise to the occasion. they asked for one thing, a leader that will tell them the truth, who will live with integrity, and actually lead them in the direction we need to go to preserve this great union. we have lost a couple of years but we have not lost our way. the principles that made america the hope of the earth or the principles that will keep us the great, shining city on the hill. it is time for us to come together and carry our message across the country that we are taking back america. we believe in america. we are wrong to keep america strong, were the of the great sacrifice of those men and women who sacrificed for us even today. thank you so much.

it is good to be with you today. [applause] thank you. ♪

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>> hi, everyone! thank you for coming. [cheers and applause] good to see you, good morning. thank you for coming. [applause] i can tell this conference is off to a great start already! isn't it? oh, what a wonderful year this is going to be, and 2012 is even going to be better! [cheers and applause] we're looking forward to winning the triple crown, aren't we? holding on to the house of representatives, getting a conservative senate for the first time in a long time and, finally, sending a change of address form to 1600 pennsylvania avenue! [cheers and applause] because if we have anything to say about it, barack obama will be a one-term president! [cheers and applause]

well, it's a new day, and there's new things that are coming our way, and i'm extremely grateful for all of you who are here this morning, extremely grateful. i want to give you -- i want -- there's a lot of bad news that's going on around the world, but there's a lot of good news that's going on around the world, too, and i want to talk to you about a few of some of those things. carol had mentioned to grow that when i was at the minnesota state senate that we had started a project -- not because we wanted to, but because we were calculate a abouting in -- acting in response to an action by the massachusetts judicial supreme court. does anyone remember the decision in 2003 that the court issued? they issued a decision that told the state legislature that the legislature had to pass a law in conformity with the will of the justices. does anyone remember what that decision was about? do you remember? it was about marriage. it had something to do about redefining marriage. i had heard that in minnesota

and knew that that would come our way as well, and so i announced that i was going to introduce a constitutional amendment that would allow the people of minnesota to vote on the laws that they live under, particularly the definition of marriage. whether marriage would be between one man and one woman. and -- [applause] that's a good concept. people were, as you can imagine, this was the height of the controversy, and i was at the tip of the spear on that effort. and the reason why i bring this up is because i say to you, persevere. persevere and never despise small beginnings. because we were a few people that i had gotten together and tried to make this happen, and this bill that i introduced we began with, we were not able to get it out of the liberal-dominated senate that i was in. we tried, we tried again, we

weren't able to succeed. but we didn't give up because we knew the people of minnesota, ultimately, wanted to be able to vote on this bill. thirty different states have put this bill up, every time states have put this bill before the american people they have voted in their states to retain the traditional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. [applause] and, no, i am no longer in the minnesota state senate, i am privileged to be able to serve the people of the sixth district in the house of representatives. others took that torch, and they carried on. and just a week ago last saturday evening minnesota finally passed the constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man, one woman. [applause]

and so minnesota is the first state that has decided this issue will be on the ballot in 2012. the state of new hampshire, i understand, will be taking this issue up as well and other states. this is the time, and so i want to encourage all of you at home, if you don't have a similar amendment, consider this in your home states. i believe this is the time to do it. so i just want to say thank you to those who have continued to carry that torch. [applause] we need to do this because how many of you know that the marriage, that marriage is under siege like no time in recent history? just recently in "usa today" and in other magazines, um, we got the census data out that said that married couples have dropped below half of all american households for the

first time, according to the census bureau. it's a milestone in the our nation's history. do you know that back in 1950 78% of all households remitted a married couple, and today we're at 48%. that has created a profound difference in america. this year my husband and i will be married 33 years. [applause] and you're clapping for the wrong person in our marriage. [laughter] it's my husband who deserves the lion's share of the credit for that. it does help, though, when you're married to a marriage and family therapist. i have to say -- [laughter] we do have an unfair advantage there. and i'm extremely grateful for this wonderful man. he's not only committed deeply to our marriage, but he's committed to our children. and we made a decision when we first got married. one of those decisions was even though we didn't have a lot of money, we decided we would

always live on just one income. we wouldn't be dependent on both of our incomes. because we knew we both had broken hearts for at-risk children. i don't know what it was, but god put that on our heart. we had broken hearts for at-risk kids. we knew somehow we wanted to reach out and be a part of a solution for them. along the way, god blessed us, we had five wonderful biological children. and then at a certain point the lord allowed us to bring 23 foster children into our home. and i'm happy to say all of our foster children successfully graduated from high school, they were launched into the world, and they're off in their various endeavors. [applause] and with each of our five children we began by home schooling our five children because we believed as parents we wanted to teach our children how to read before they run off to school.

because if a child can read, they can be self-taught, and they can make it. and so we home schooled each of our five biological children and then got them off into the world as well. and now this sunday we will have graduation for our daughter from high school, this fall we'll send two off to college, and let me tell you, after 29 years of parenting, we're going to be done after this sunday. [laughter] and we love these children, but it's sayonara! [applause] there is something to be said for an empty nest and moving on. [laughter] adolescence does end in our family, so we're excited about it. but marriage is extremely important. children are extremely important. and to be highly valued. and that's one thing that i think in our society we have done fairly well, is place a

high value on children. we need to do that for the benefit of the next generation, and i think that's why the issue of wife is so profound and so dear. when my husband and i met in college, we were 19 years of aim. we had seen -- age. we had seen a film series, it was called "how shall we then live?" dr. francis schafer said abortion was a water shed issue of our time, and my husband and i heard that, and it was a profound thought for both of us. the importance of that issue and the high value that we need to place on human rights and on human life. the founders did in the declaration of independence. they wrote in the declaration, thomas jefferson penned the words or that we are eni endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, that among those rights are life. that's the first right.

and the incredible thing about this statement is that inalienable rights are ones that man cannot give. he's incapable of giving them. government is incapable of giving inalienable rights. only a creator can in the wisdom of the founders. they recognized this natural law, this truth that was self-evident to all people, that only god could give life. and the other side of that is that not only can man not give that right, nor can government give it, the opposite side is that government is without power or authority to take that right away. [applause] that's valuable. and i think this is one of the self-evident truths that rings a chord of recognition in the hearts of all men, that there is

an inalienable right to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. and i think that's why this has been such a tremendous controversy since the supreme court decision that was written by harry blackman in the early 1970s regarding this issue of life and when we will preserve life. also be encouraged, be encouraged on the marriage front, be encouraged on the life front. let me share this statistic with you because there's a poll that was done by quinnipiac university. voters opposed by 72% to 23% using any public money in the health care overhaul to pay for abortions. 72% of americans oppose the provision in obamacare to pay for taxpayer-funded abortions. 72% of the american people. [applause]

that's why i am convinced that, ultimately, be of good cheer. with will win this -- we will win this fight because we will repeal obamacare! [cheers and applause] it will happen! and i am committed, i am committed, i will not rest until we repeal obamacare! [cheers and applause] america will not rest until we repeal obamacare! [cheers and applause] take it to the bank, cash the check! it will be done! it will not stand! the american people will not stand! [cheers and applause] because know that you know that you know that you know the american people are with us on this issue.

that's why the window of opportunity that we have in 2012 is so crucial. carol schulsted who was standing here introducing me before has been working tirelessly in the minnesota legislature to prevent the state legislature from the early implementation of obamacare in our state. [applause] in all of your 50 states, i urge you faith and freedom activists to do the same. work in your states to prevent the early implementation of obamacare. this is the dirty deal that was dope with obamacare. some of you may know this, some of you may not. when obamacare was given and we were told to vote on this bill, you can do a lexus nexus search, and you won't find this fact. hidden in that bill, tucked away in this bill supposedly in plain sight was 105,464,000,000 of prefunding of obamacare to

implement it in the 50 states. this is like a lot of money. $105,464,000,000. we spent, oh, about five, six weeks at the beginning of this year arguing over cutting $37 billion. out of the budget. you think maybe this went unnoticed? at the very last -- in fact, do you think maybe that's why speaker pelosi famously said we have to pass the bill to know what's in it? maybe that's why members of congress should read these bills before they vote on them? [cheers and applause] don't worry, faith and family, it's going to be just fine. we're going to repeal this bill, we're going to get that money back. [cheers and applause] don't worry, it's going to be just fine. and recently this, this also, i think, has given rise to the steam that's behind the issue of

defunding planned parenthood. [cheers and applause] in a time when president obama is calling on the congress to give him authority to increase borrowing money that we don't have, so borrow -- raise the debt ceiling by borrowing another 2.4 trillion, and we're giving money to corrupt organizations like planned parenthood? that are committing crimes and enabling young, minor girls and covering up issues i don't even want to talk about it because it's so disgusting, but this organization has, by their own records, performed 324,008 abortions in 2008 and 2009. and that's in addition to the trafficking of underage girls that has gone on under planned parenthood's nose.

do you think maybe we could start here by defunding this organization? [cheers and applause] i think so too. it couldn't come soon enough. they're a billion dollar a year organization. they need to stand on their own. and here's another issue that we've all heard about, and it's come to our attention in the last couple of weeks. and that's israel. our president made a shocking display of betraying our greatest friend and ally, israel, when he said to israel you need to give up more land, you must give up more land, shrink to your '67 borders. as a matter of fact, cut your nation in two so you're separated from each other to indefensible borders and give that land away to the palestinians who, by the way, don't even recognize that israel exists or has a right to defend herself. america must do what all previous presidents have done

since harry truman and stand with israel. i stand with israel! [cheers and applause] >> and, faith and family, we are sending a message to the world that president obama speaks for a very tiny minority. he may be president of the united states, but he does not speak for us on the issue of israel. [cheers and applause] timothy tutu says to pray for those who are in authority, and let me tell you why. when you come into congress and when you're in government here in washington, d.c., things happen so fast it's almost like you've jumped in a blender and

somebody hit purée. that's what it's like around here. so we need to ask you for prayer and to uphold us in prayer. we're at a critical time and a critical hour in our nation's history, and our time has gone by so quickly, there's so much more that i'd like to talk to you about, but the time has elapsed. and i wonder if you might just indulge me, and in the next couple of seconds that we have together, if we would do what we talk about, and that is pray. join me in prayer on behalf of our nation. father god, i thank you that you are here in our midst at this wonderful conference. thank you for those who sacrifice so much to be here this morning. lord, we thank you for the encouragement that you give us and these issues of marriage and of life, father. we see so much encouragement, and yet we see, father, that our nation hangs precariously in the balance financially, morally and also in our relationship with the rest of the world, with our position toward israel.

father, we lift all of these things up to you. we do pray for our president. we pray for the supreme court. we pray for the members of congress. we pray for those who are in authority. because this is not a political scorecard, this is about the very life and future of our nation. so, father, we lift it up to you because we want our people to be blessed and to prosper. we want all men to come to know you all across the world. and so, father, we pray, again, for your spirit to come down, to come into this nation. again, demonstrate to each one of us this eternal love that you have for us. you say that you want for us prosperity, you want us to prosper, and you say in jeremiah that you have for us a future and a hope. lord, we ask for that future and that hope, and we confess our own sins, father. we confess them to you. we turn away from them now, father. we pray for our nation.

lord, we know there are things that we have done in our nation that have not been pleasing in your sight. lord, we ask your forgiveness for that. we ask that once again you would turn your face toward us and that you would bless us and empower us to be a blessing to the world. so we thank you, lord, we commit this conference to you in your holy son's name, amen. have a great conference! thanks for letting me come, bye-bye! [cheers and applause] [applause] thank you. ralph, -- [speaking mandarin] [laughter] oh, did he say speaking only in

english? forgot about that. thank you for forming this faith and freedom coalition because nothing long survives without advocates, and that includes values. thank you for caring enough to work for the values that are brought all of us together, so to this corchesz and faith and freedom, i want to talk for just a moment about life and liberty. let me begin by telling you about the life of our daughter, gracey may, who is here with us splice. she's 12 years old. in 1999, gracey was abandoned among the mushrooms, the carrots, and the bamboo shoots of a vegetable market in china. in fact, i sometimes call her my little bean curd. [laughter] our path towards gracey began when we good wife, the greatest

human being i've ever known, mary kay, volunteered in a of fan nag 20 years ago. when we returned to the united states, we decided to adopt, something i never thought i'd find myself doing. twelve years ago while attending a christmas tree benefit with the proceeds going to kids around the world who were to be adopted, mary kay bought a tree, and when the vender asked her what name she wanted on it, mary kay without hesitation said, gracey may huntsman. after a girl we did not know yet and was not sure we'd ever see. mary kay told the vendor that name at 8:15 p.m.. when we returned home, there was a message received at 8:15 p.m.

from the adoption agency notifying us that they had found a child for our family, you guessed it, grayy may. she loves to tell that story, and when asked who found her, she simply replies, jesus. [applause] now, why do i mention this? because although you would not know it in this town, there is something more essential than politics, and that's life, especially a child's life. i can't imagine how much poorer the world would be without gracey and her younger sister, osha, who is adopted from india. we give thanks to those two mothers, not just on mother's day, but every day of our lives

for valuing their daughter's lives enough so they could become our daughters. as governor of utah, i supported and signed every pro-life bill that came to my desk. i signed the bill that made second trimester abortions illegal and increased the penalty for doing so. i signed the bill to allow women to know about the pain that abortion causes an unborn child. i signed the bill requires parental permission for an abortion. i signed the bill that would trigger bans on abortions in utah if row vs. wade were overturned. you see, i do not believe the republican party should focus not just only on the economic life to the neglect of our human life. that is a trade we should not make. if republicans ignore life, the deficit we will face is one that is much more destructive. it will be a deficit of the

heart and soul. from life, i'll move to liberty. i stepped off the plane from china living in that country for two years. coming home after living 10,000 miles away gives you a certain perspective on how the 21st century is likely to play out. i've lived over seas four times, don't worry, i have a u.s. birth certificate. [laughter] every time i live in a foreign place, i learn something about america and how her values inspire others. let me share this with you. in an apartment that was barely a step up from homelessness, i recently met a petite impoverished woman. i would meet with disdense. this was the most powerful thing i could do as a united states

ambassador. sometimes i went to see them, sometimes they would come to the embassy. we did this quietly. it was a real peril for them and also closed official doors to me. she became an activist trying to protect her family's home from the wrecking ball. from this cause, which she lost. she went on to commit her life to justice and basic human rights. she has been repeatedly detained and tortured so much so i found her with her legs broken and her entire body demobilized trapped in a one-room apartment hardly large enough to hold her wheelchair. on that cold day a few months ago, her water, heat, and power were all shut off. the only thing that worked every now and again was her internet connection on an old laptop, so here the battle. one physically broken woman with

a passion and a belief in her cause up against a government with the most forbidble security apparatus in the world determined to keep her silent just weeks ago, she was rounded up again and charged with creating a public disturbance. no one knows where she now is, but i do know this. she drew strength from our nation's values, openness, freedom of speech, assembly of religion and press, a woman in a darkroom half a world away could see this country's light. that is the power, ladies and gentlemen, this country still represents. dissense around the world know it and count on it. [applause] from the lack of lib tearty in

china, let me turn to home. you well know what the encroachments are. the new health care law, growth of government, resulting mass of regulation and debt, the list goes on and on and on. there's a new book out called "the notes" which is ronald reagan's private collection of quotations that he gathered over the years. what he elected gives you a meaningful insight into his thinking. one the quotes that reagan wrote down in his own hand was by a 19th century french political economist and legislator who said and addressed to the french assembly, heavy government expenditures and liberty are incompatible. woe to the people who cannot limit the sphere of action from the state, freedom, private enterprise, wealth, happiness, independence, personal dignity all vanish.

what that french political economist said 160 years ago is exactly what we are saying today. heavy government expenditures and liberty are absolutely incompatible. there is a proud intellectual and political tradition to the beliefs that you and i hold. this common theme has been brought into very sharp relief by the size of the federal government's budget deficit and debt. the federal government now borrows 42 cents of every dollar it spends. in two years we've gone from $10 trillion to $14 trillion in debt, and what are we buying for this borrowed money? we are not buying a freer, more prosperous nation. we are not buying national investments for future generations. no, what we are buying is serfdom. what so many in the establishment do not get over

this fight in the extension of the debt ceiling is not just about debt. it is not just about spending cuts. it is not just about confidence in our bonds and our debt. it is about the size of government and the role of government in our society and our lives, the same applies to the states, by the way, and it's hard to imagine some states are doing even worse than the federal government, and some states are doing much better. as utah's governor, i cut taxes across the board which amounted to the largest tack cut in my state's history, and what has been the result of this and other policies that we undertook? utah's economy expanded three and a half times faster than the united states as a whole and faster than 48 other states. the pew center named utah as the best managed state in the nation. foshes called utah the number one state in the country for

business, the number one state for debt management, one of three states to maintain its aaa rating. progress is possible. i came today not to give a political speech, but simply to introduce myself and my family. if the faith and freedom coalition were to understand one political thing about me and the state i served it would be this: utah had some of the greatest people in the nation. in utah, people know the difference between freedom and serfdom. the surfing of high debt and the toll these take on our liberty, economy, and our lives, and that, ladies and gentlemen, i believe will be the essence of the election in 2012. since i've spoken of ronald reagan today already, let me close about one more thought

about that great man. in this year marking the centennial of his birth, america finds itself at a cross roads bringing to mind the famous speech support k bair goldwater's presidential candidacy. the time of that speech was "a time for choosing". this too is a time for choosing. this is a moment when we will choose whether we are to become a declining power in the world eaten from within, or a nation that regains its economic health and maintains its long loved liberties. ladies and gentlemen, this is not just a time for choosing new leaders. this is the hour when we choose our future. thank you so very much for having me here. [applause] ♪

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>> i will open with my opening statement. we can be in this hearing of this subcommittee to get an update on how the administration is implementing president,'s executive order announced on january 18th untitled, quote, in proving regulation and regulatory review and of quote. to do so, we welcome back

mr. sunstein that of the office of information and regulatory affairs or as we call that, oira. and the office of budget mr. sunstein testified before the committee at a first hearing on january 26, a week after president obama signed the order and publicly committed to striking the right balance between regulation and economic growth. mr. sunstein agreed to come back in three months to discuss how his office has improved the regulatory review system to reduce burden on the american economy and industry. president obama's the executive order affirms agencies must of not only those regulatory actions whose benefits justify its cost. tayler to impose the least burden on society that take into account the cost of cumulative regulation that maximize net benefits, that specify performance objectives, and that

evaluate alternatives to direct regulation. in addition, this new executive order calls on agencies to review significant regulations that are already in place. expanding upon this requirement, the president announced in a wall street journal op-ed that this action, quote, ordered a government-wide review of the rules already on the books to remove the outdated regulations that stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive. now this is incredibly important given that the federal register stance s an all-time high of over 81,000 pages. the 2010 alone several agencies added more than 3500 final rules to the book. i hope that mr. sunstein will share with us a number of examples demonstrating how this commitment put into action and how agencies will relieve small

businesses of expensive and burdensome regulations to promote job growth. this morning's report of a 9.1% on an plan a rate was significantly less job creation in may and april and adds to the urgency of this task. after all, regulation totals 1.75 trillion a annual compliance costs according to the small business administration. that's greater than the record federal budget deficit projected at 1.48 trillion for fy 2011, and greater than annual corporate pretax profits which total 1.46 trillion in 2008. in addition i hope mr. sunstein can also give us a sense of how he is enforcing the other requirement of the get sick of order. he is the traffic cop. enormously expensive regulation has spread through the review process on his watch with little or no opportunity for the meaningful public comment.

this leads me to believe that oira has either been left out of the process or hasn't been effective. may 18, 120 days after the executive order was issued, each agency was required to submit to oira a draft plan including an initial list of regulations that were identified in their retrospective analysis as candidates for reconsideration or review. agencies were supposed to consider all of the burdensome regulations identified by this stakeholders. in the private sector before submitting their planned. in the hearing january 26 on the agreed with mr. sunstein when he said that, quote, one idea we have had is that the public has a lot more information than we do about what rules are actually doing on the ground, in of quote. as i said before, however, it is important that rhetoric is mast with measurable results.

the epa alone has received approximately 1,500 comments on its rules and regulations. the chamber of commerce weighed in on a roughly 20 regulation proposed or finalized over the past two years at the environmental protection agency. .. that ruined almost all of the programs under the clean air act and clean water act and undertake about 90 percent of the enforcement actions. after reviewing the plan it appears as though epa officials

overwhelmingly disagree with or simply ignored the folks that actually implement regulation that have been identified as burdensome. not only ignoring stakeholders, but also opposed over 900 new regulations on the state since the beginning of this administration. spoken repeatedly about the need to create a new regulatory culture across the ticket to branch, and i think all of us agree. an unprecedented amount of authority has been delegated to the executive. new aspects of it all of american lives are being promulgated and this same plot system that produces the regulations are to depart today. hopefully we can take steps toward changing this culture and the court to the testimony of cass sunstein. with that i recognize the right gang member.

>> thank-you very much, mr. chairman. in january of this year president obama ps it issued a directive for plans to improve the regulatory system. he urges to agencies to expand opportunities to participate in the regulatory process and to look for ways to make regulations more efficient and effective. mr. chairman, you will be pleased to know that both sides of the i'll support the school. this subcommittee has a valuable role to play in the implementation of the order. i want to join you in all coming mr. cass sunstein back. the last hearing devolved into a criticism of individual regulations that individual members might disagree with, but i'd think it is worthwhile for this committee to continue to focus on the regulatory reform

efforts of the administration and see if we can make real progress. i know we are taking away, once again, from your efforts to implement the program, but it is important for us to hear it babies since our first hearing in january from what i have heard is executive branch agencies have developed preliminary regulatory review appliance that the administration has provided and posted on the white house website. my initial review reveals a range of efforts. agencies are streamlining and modernizing to save industry and government time and money. a more precise detailing in regulation to save money for industry, creating a broader opportunities for public participation in the design and implementation of regulation and are improving their review

process. so i hope that we can hear about some of those things, but i also hear -- hope we can hear about what the in -- administration hopes to do next to streamline and take this input and modernize and eliminate unnecessary regulation. having said that, i will say the administration appears to be working hard to implement a regulatory reform. after hearing the distinguished chairman opening statement and also the sad unemployment news of this morning i wish the majority, rather than complaining in vague terms about the regulatory reform efforts and unemployment rate, would sit down with minority and together develop a job bill. we have talked about this since january. if we want to reduce unemployment, let's stop niggling about the edges and

craft a plan. that would benefit the american public. if we start now, we might be able to decrease unemployment by the end of the year, and i yield back. >> thank you. the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. >> cass sunstein, we welcome you back. we welcome the changes that are coming from some of the agencies. i want to hear more about what the administration is doing and if they're doing anything to slow the onslaught of regulation being implemented. we went to the white house earlier this week. the president said to us that he wanted to clear out the regulatory underbrush. i took that as a positive sign. he said regulations should not be obscure and difficult for people to understand. what is hard to understand is how the administration wants to continue to be anti-employer and

at the same time be pro-jobs. it does not work out. businesses across the country are plagued with uncertainty as to what to do, what regulations will be and what regulations will be handed down. ensure safety and promote the market, but you must know every day people come to washington to tell congressman of their fears about the avalanche of regulations that will increase compliance cost. i hear from business owners talking about how regulation coming from hhs, a dense, and more. and i don't see how this will be a deliverable and it will help them through problems they're having. and i might add, those problems are delivered by the united states congress. while some may be necessary, i feel many don't understand the effects that it has on jobs and

job creation when cost goes up it cuts into the bottom line and that means jobs will be lost. i'm afraid this review has, perhaps, been the reaction of political purposes, a president who does not understand how to create jobs. this is his attempt to appease jobs. the higher-ups' at the white house will have little interest in continuing, particularly after special interest groups and outside groups castigate the white house for reviewing regulations and the first place. the regulations coming out that the medical loss ratio, accountable care organizations, the federal government has taken something that was working in practice and proving that it cannot work in theory. these pieces would ensure more consumer benefits, lower-cost power and encourage coordination per patient improvement and

financial savings, but because of the way regulations have been written, we still have great -- systems that encourage fraud. planned solvency will be at risk. there is the ultimate. if your plan goes bankrupt you don't get much health care. accountable care, that is the unicorn that nobody believes exists or wants to adopt because it is so difficult and onerous. i hope that you folks managed the budget and your counterparts at the the federal trade commission will understand this and, perhaps, allow doctors to practice medicine. yield the. >> the gentle lady from tennessee. >> take you, mr. chairman. and you for being with us again. everyone will agree that the number one issue facing our constituents is jobs, and the

greatest obstacle we are hearing about jobs is regulatory overreach, uncertainty through the regulatory process. this is not surprising. when you look at epa alone, they finalized 928 regulations since the start of this administration with more than 6,000 pages of regulations released last year. seeing you want to get rid of regulations and issuing more is counterproductive to jobs. it is killing the growth of jobs. figures this morning attest to that. i encourage my colleagues to remember, you do not do a jobs bill to create jobs. washington does not create jobs. it is the private sector. it is our responsibility to create the environment for java code to take place.

i have to tell you, all of the regulations coming out of this town are not helping employers, whether it is health care, painting, regulation from the ftc, the fcc, the epa, this must stop. we look forward to working with you to get these regulations of the books and not add more. i yield. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i also want to welcome mr. cass sunstein back. i have questions about agencies and challenges as well as a bigger picture approach to see how we can get this executive order because one of the concerns i have as we have gotten over to a half years into

this administration today's numbers show a dramatic decline from the numbers the test cannot in any. frankly, when i talk to employers of only throughout southeast louisiana, but industry groups and represent employers all across the country one of the first things they tell you about the limitations is there inability to create jobs and the biggest impediment is nothing to do with protecting people or environment, but agenda is driven by bureaucrats in washington. that is not how regulation ought to work. we pushed regulations her to help create jobs that is a lingering in the senate, but you have the ability to go out and reform this process. i hope it is more than window dressing and look forward to our conversation. >> they cute. the ranking member of the full

committee is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. the subcommittee is returning to the subject of the executive order on regulatory reform issued in january by president obama and the implementation overseen by the office of affirmation and regulatory affairs. we are fortunate to have the administrator, cass sunstein, with us. he will be able to tell us about the regulatory review activity that has occurred since our last hearing. the stated focus of this hearing is to learn more about the agency plans for regulatory reform which the white house released for public review and comment. if we are going to have an honest review, we must consider all relative facts. we should examine cost and do so wherever possible.

we also must give equal consideration to benefit. yesterday we were supposed to mark up a bill called the trade act which calls for analysis of the cumulative impact of epa regulation which was postponed. it illustrates what is wrong with how we approach regulatory reform and this committee with this majority. it focuses nearly exclusively on the economic cost and amend its analysis of the impact of regulation on jobs, electricity costs, manufacturing and trade which is all appropriate, but it ignores the dangers of unchecked pollution on health, environment, and global climate change. one-sided approach is the antithesis of what we should be doing. this approach, i think, was so clearly illustrated by the opening comments of my republican colleagues. the greatest obstacle to jobs is

regulation. i cannot believe that. no economist with suggest that the recession is not a major reason for having a problem with jobs. the regular editions overreach, that's not new. i have heard by colleagues say that the president wants to a slow job growth which is absurd. no president wants a bad economy. this president inherited a terrible economy, in great part because of bad judgment and policies of the bush administration. we must look at both sides of the regulation. we must maximize the benefit while minimizing the cost. a good case in point is the clean air act which, along with health care, has become a republican whipping boy. we consider a proposal after proposal to weaken the clean air

act on the theory that it is a job killer. well, we should not have to pick between jobs and clean air. that is a false choice. when that act was written in 1990 we heard horror stories about how the law would impose a ruinous costs on industry leading to widespread unemployment which to not turn out to be true. we asked for a balanced analysis of the cost and benefit. results show that the law has been a stunning success. epa found that implementing the clean air act creates american jobs and bolsters the global competitiveness of american industry, even as it lowers health care costs and protect american families from birth defects, elvis, and premature death. health benefits.

in one year it prevented eight teen respiratory paralysis to 18,000 asthma attacks, chronic bronchitis, 205,000 premature deaths. the benefits are projected to reach $2 trillion by 2020. is that something we should ignore? the implementation also creates american jobs. the environmental technology and energy -- industry creates $300 billion in annual revenue and creates over one and a half million jobs. i see the value over and over again. following the collapse of the financial markets, the economy after the deepest recession since the great depression. millions have lost there job. because -- the cause of the financial crisis was not regulation but the absence of

regulation. the deep water horizon oil spill created widespread dislocation caused by too little oversight and regulation. we can identify and this is a regulations. they should be identified and regulated. we should remember that sound regulation is vital to protect our nation's economy and well-being. >> thank you. with that, we welcome mr. cass sunstein, administrator of the office of of regulatory affairs. before we start that may make some comments considering your testimony. you are where we are holding an investigative committee and have the practice of taking testimony under oath. if you have any objection to testify under oath the chair advises you that under the rules of house and committee you are entitled to be advised by counsel if you so desire during

your testimony. if you would please rise and raise your right hand the was were you when. to use where to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? you are now under of and subject to penalties set forth. you may now give a five minute summary of your read statement. i think he need to put the mike on. >> thank you so much. thanks to you and members of the committee, not only for your strong commitment to the reduction of unjustified regulatory burden but also for your generosity and kindness to me and my staff of over the last months as which door to work on these issues. my focus on these opening remarks will be on the process of retrospective review of regulation, the look back, as we call it.

i will devote a few words to the effort to the control regulatory burdens going forward. in the january 18th executive order the president referred specifically to two topics that have come up, economic growth and job creation, central factors in the process. for the process going forward and with respect to new rules, i would like to underline the four elements of the ticket if order. first, it requires agencies to consider cost and benefit to ensure benefits justify cost and to select the least burdensome of alternative. central going forward and will be followed to the extent permitted by law. it the a executive order requires unprecedented levels of public

participation. it asks agencies to engage with state, local, and tribal officials. there was a reference to cost imposed. affected stakeholders and experts in relevant disciplines. i would like to underline the requirement that agencies act in advance of proposed rulemaking to seek the views of those who are likely to be affected. the executive order directs agencies to harmonize, simplify, and coordinate rules with a specific goal of cost reduction. the executive order directs agencies to consider flexible approaches that reduces burden and maintains freedom of choice for the public. those are directions for all of the store and forward. but many of your opening remarks focused on is the look back process.

last week in compliance with the executive order 30 departments released preliminary plans to the subcommittee and public in an unprecedented process. to some outlined in these hundreds of pages have already eliminated hundreds of millions of dollars in annual regulatory cost, including those imposed on employers. over $1 billion in savings can be expected in the near future. not to their aspirations, but concrete products that have either been delivered or will be delivered in the near future. over the coming years reforms have the potential to eliminate billions of dollars in regulatory burden. in many initiatives representative a fundamental rethinking of how things have been done. we have heard that red tape and paperwork and reporting burdens

exerts a toll on the economy, including small business. there is an effort throughout the plan to reduce that burden. there is also aired effort to rethink rules of outdated technology that may promote innovation. many of the reforms have already saved significant money. epa has recently exempted note and dairy industries from its oral special rule. the punchline of material is of of the next decade the note and dairy industries will cry, not at all, over spilt milk and save over $1 billion. the few additional illustrations, burden on employers. a very alert. personally very alert. last week occupational seven --

occupational safety and health administration will remove over 19 million hours of paperwork burden which will save over $40 million in annual cost and may be a lowball estimate. in recent discussions that burden saving measure was highlighted as an extraordinary step forward. osha plans to a proposed rule that would result in half a billion annual savings for employers. not 40 million, over half a billion. to eliminate unjustified economic burden on railroad the department of transportation is reconsidering a rule that requires railroads to require equipment to create certain equipment that is expensive which would save potentially over a billion dollars over 20

years. these are just illustrations. there was a reference to a cultural change. the art tends to create that. while a great deal has been done , an unprecedented effort and a substantial savings have been achieved, the agency plans are preliminary. they are being offered at all levels emphatically including the business community for view and perspective. suggestions are eagerly welcome. we need your help in order to make these plans as good as possible and do as much as possible to promote economic growth. agencies will be assessing comments before plans are finalized, and we have a number of weeks and months to do that.

to change the regulatory culture we need a constant exploration, not a one shot endeavor of what is working and what is not. we need close reference to evidence and data and a very close reference to view of stakeholders above what is happening on the ground. we are trying to promote public health and economic growth and job creation. >> the committee, before i start, is different than some other committees. we ask questions that are asking for yes or no answers. we are trying to seek information. we would appreciate a direct answer. it you or the administrator and are complying with the executive

orders and dealing with regulatory reform. that is correct. >> that would be a yes. >> you have a role in ensuring this very important to president executive order. is that correct? >> yes. >> you are the men. now, when you have a rule and it has economically significant impact in the economy, wouldn't that particular rule require more attention? >> absolutely. >> because there are huge implications of the impact in the economy with this regulatory framework and this risk analysis that should be done in supporting documents. officials have repeatedly claimed that during the obama

administration regulatory reviews have been shorted and i'll think that, is that a fair claim? >> no. >> abcaeight. while the impact is much larger, your staff, i'd think, has remained -- your staff has remained small. i have a graph. it looks like it is wiggling quite a bit. i am trying to show you to charts. the first shows that your room -- reviewing more large complex regulation. the second shows that the agency spends less time on the review. this would be in contrary to we just talked about and you agree to. isn't it true that your office's reviews are shorter in duration? >> do we have a printed chart? >> we do.

will the staff give him a chart that is not -- >> moving. isn't it true there shorter in duration than those under previous administrations? >> i would want to attack those numbers. whether we are as fast, i would want to check. >> why are so many regulations issued after schorr reviews to public comments that they violate the executive order principles? >> i don't agree with the premise of the question. we have about the same number of rules as the first two years of the bush administration. 2007-a the bush administration imposed higher cost than 2000's 9-10. >> i have here a steady that i

will insert into the record. it praised the economic analysis and reviewed showing the quality of analysis declined when nephews were shortened. are you familiar? >> i am. >> to you agree? >> not really. the important thing is not based on the calendar but the degree of attention and care. the same study shows no premonition and quality. we are eager to increase quality and make it better. >> the executive order i cited earlier requiring agencies to identify and a clear and simple matter of the substantive changes between the draft submitted for review and the actions subsequently announced as well as those changes in the

regulatory actions that are made at the suggestion or recommendation. despite claiming to be the most transparent administration in history we'll understand the position is that this requirement only applies to the formal regulatory review process. is that correct? >> i believe that is correct. we're following the bush administration and its predecessor. there has been continuity across republican and democratic administration. i'm not sure what you mean by informal, but it sounded right. >> most the rules are submitted on an informal basis before the draft rule is officially submitted. with respect to significant rules would you be willing to provide changes suggested during the informal review process?

>> it is very rare that a rule is submitted and formally. that is not normal practice. it is extremely unusual. all i would say that happens sometimes is there are interagency discussions of rules we don't have the authority to make changes in those discussions. sometimes the agency describes that the discussions are informative. so in other words informal review is extremely rare. what is not is interagency discussion, and there are no changes made because there are no rule checks. >> you're saying is rare, but was it done? >> in a formal review, no. discussion, but not -- typically not in formal. >> you're saying is rare, but it occurred. >> i would want to go back and

see. my own involvement is standard and touring a formal review. i would want to go back and see. >> obviously we probably don't agree on that point. >> there is informal review which is very rare where someone sends a rule and says what to you tank. in health care context -- >> if you would follow up because you're saying you're not sure that you can remember. just follow up. with that, my questions are complete. >> it sounds like the definition of an informal review is determined to it, in your mind, as somebody actually send text over and it was reviewed and sent back bursas general discussions about potential

rules and policies. >> exactly. >> i would like to ask you about the cost of regulation. we keep hearing that the annual cost of deregulation is more than one and three-quarters trillion dollars. as i understand it the basis for that figure is a september 2010 study the state's the annual cost of drug regulation totaled approximately one and three-quarters trillion dollars. a 0nd breached a different conclusion finding regulatory costs ranged from 62 billion to 73 billion. i am wondering how all they calculate an estimate of total regulatory cost. >> the cure. what we do is to aggregate the cost of all of the rules in one year and then over a 10-year

timeframe we can multiplied the number of rules issued by the cost that we generate and then you can have a 10-year as a result. the study to which you refer, the extraordinary figure is deeply flawed as is a report by the congressional research service. it has become a bit of an urban legend. we share the concern. one implication of that analysis, the united states would be richer if it adopted regulations more like those of sweden or canada even though both the world date and oecd rate those countries as having more restrictive business environment. >> who said that? >> screen and grain. a respect those offers. >> regulations more like sweden and other countries?

that is -- >> an indication of their analysis that we would do better if we had regulations. >> and the administration does not agree. >> we do not except. >> one of the reasons why, what the crs review showed and what others have demonstrated is the estimate was so high in the study is the offer only utilizes the highest cost estimates and tribulations. now, additionally what i have heard is that the authors of the study did not calculate the monetary benefits of regulation where there are benefits. omb found in 2008 annual benefits range from 1,503,000,000,000 tax 806 billion. >> yes. >> can you please tell us how

regulation could benefit americans and save money? >> there are various ways. i refer to them know cub rule. that can save money. a lot of concern about rising gasoline price. if you have more fuel efficient fleets consumers can save money. clarifying savings. a rule that promotes fuel economy can save consumers a lot of money. if you have all of the saves lives, that saves money in the sense that healthier packed living people are good for the economy and the value people health and longevity. in those three different ways we can have signifi