A RUSH TO REGULATE THE CONGRESSIONAL RE-
VIEW ACT AND RECENT FEDERAL REGULA-
TIONS

United

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY POLICY, NATURAL
RESOURCES AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENT REFORM

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

MARCH 27, 2001

Serial No. 107-14

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CONTENTS

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

MAY 17.2002

Hearing held on March 27, 2001

Statement of:

Gestrin, Terry E., chairman, Valley County Commissioners, Cascade, ID;

Evan Hayes, wheat farmer, American Falls, ID, representing the Na-

tional Association of Wheat Growers; Sharon Buccino, senior attorney,

Natural Resources Defense Council; and Thomas Ó. McGarity, W.

James Kornzer Chair, University of Texas School of Law

Gramm, Dr. Wendy Lee, former Administrator, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, and director, Regulatory Studies Pro-

gram & distinguished senior fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason

University; Marsha!! E. Whitenton, vice president, Resources, Environ-

ment and Regulation Department, National Association of Manufactur-

ers; Dr. Robert H. Nelson, professor, School of Public Affairs, Univer-

sity of Maryland; and Raymond E. Ory, vice president, Baker and

O'Brien, Inc

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by:

Buccino, Sharon, senior attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council,

prepared statement of

Gestrin, Terry E., chairman, Valley County Commissioners, Cascade, ID,

prepared statement of

Gramm, Dr. Wendy Lee, former Administrator, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, and director, Regulatory Studies Pro-

gram & distinguished senior fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason

University, prepared statement of

Hayes, Evan, wheat farmer, American Falls, ID, representing the Na-
tional Association of Wheat Growers, prepared statement of

McGarity, Thomas O., W. James Kornzer Chair, University of Texas

School of Law, prepared statement of

Nelson, Dr. Robert H., professor, School of Public Affairs, University

of Maryland, prepared statement of

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Ory, Raymond E., vice president, Baker and O'Brien, Inc., prepared state-

ment of

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Ose, Hon. Doug, a Representative in Congress from the State of Califor-

nia:

Whitenton, Marshall E., vice president, Resources, Environment and Reg-

ulation Department, National Association of Manufacturers, prepared

statement of

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