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Rep. Mike Kelly, (R-Pa.), discusses why overregulation is costing the economy billions of dollars a year.
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Hi everybody I'm David -- thanks for joining us kicking off tonight the Obama administration is and the middle of another PR campaign.
Trying to prove that they are pro business.
Regulations are casts us son Steen was on Capitol Hill yesterday and in the Wall Street Journal today.
Try to make the case that the administration is as much of an enemy of government red tape as any small businesses.
-- he claims that the administration has been very busy cutting regulation.
To make it easier to start up and manage businesses in America.
But congress doesn't appear to be buying that message.
What we've done for the regulatory look back is to ask the public for ideas about and we've gotten a lot.
About rules that are causing the sorts of problems which you point.
And those those ideas of com -- and they are reflected in the agency plans that will be released soon.
The private sector is really not consulted.
On a cost benefit analysis and fact in your testimony says the agency -- -- sole discretion.
-- -- so what that says to me of the that is sold it will determine and again.
I'm very leery of a government that thinks it can do better than anybody else think that smarter than anybody else but has actually never done.
What it is that they're trying to regulate.
In the Wall Street Journal today mr.
-- -- claims that his regulation cutting would save businesses a few billion dollars a year in cost but.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute estimates that over regulation in America actually cost businesses one point 75 trillion.
Dollars a year for every regulation -- ration cuts -- gets rid of they're adding dozens or even hundreds more with a slew of new regular -- regulatory departments.
And agencies now for details we turn -- a man who has.
Hadn't cast son steamy in the firings -- as of yesterday freshman.
Republican congressman Mike Kelly who has real world experiences a business spent a Pennsylvania congressman good to see yeah thanks for coming again so.
Is the administration actually creating more regulations -- are getting -- out.
A David -- you know what -- the old story you know you could talk the talk which would be to walk the walk I think it's great we have -- we have again the White House that talks a great game.
But he doesn't get on the field so I don't need guys cheerleading from the -- funny guys in the field helping me I got to tell yet.
It was harder for me it still -- harder for me to change five quarts of oil.
In my shop back -- -- that it was for BP to single hole in the gulf so I don't wanna hear about regulations and other helping us and -- saving -- money.
I -- it it's about 8000 dollars and employees so if that's helping me.
Fake police don't help -- to what we do it on my own.
And congress that you bring up a great point the big companies the giant corporations are able to get all their car -- they have all their their friends and buddies in congress they can get the special deals.
That's a small business people -- it's a small business people.
That have to produce the jobs to get us out of the unemployment -- were and and they're being strangled by -- new regulations.
Yes absolutely I think most of us and small business we'll all -- what you know take your boot off my throat.
Let me do what I know how to do please don't send people into me that can flip open a laptop and sentenced insert -- programs they -- -- -- how to run your business always in have you ever done when I've done before.
And it will well you know -- got a degree as I don't need to I need more degrees okay got those -- my thermometer outside the store.
Just leave me alone bring me somebody that's actually -- what I've done walk my walked in had to get through what -- my own soul I don't need the government.
Who's never done anything effectively or efficiently or certainly with any type of a budget -- -- -- we don't use the budget anymore here.
To tell me how to regulate my business I think it's absolutely insane.
You trust actions not words you always have to bring it down at that level when you're dealing with the -- let's talk about specific regulations.
And regulatory -- we have OSHA.
Courses a big problem for a lot of small businesses they feel that they do over regulation.
EPA which is stopping the drilling in the gulf of stopping coal mining projects tracking projects for -- we have Liz Warren's new agency that's supposed to protect.
Financial consumers which of these and of course obamacare can't forget that the granddaddy of them all.
Which of these is is most owners for small business.
-- he all of the above.
But especially with this -- what what the consumer financial protection.
-- -- people don't have to -- anybody in the event of some language in there and -- when it comes down to these agencies and their sole discretion won't decide.
What it is that the problem is without actually having people at the table.
Who do with their there'll regulating in helping to make those decisions don't don't don't get me that OK I don't need to hear that from people who never actually.
Done anything with their own money never get it in their own skin in the game.
And then they're gonna they're gonna tell -- and they're gonna tell the people how to run their business that's that's the FDA is so dangerous they talk about.
There could be abusive.
Abusive practices what's abuse of global determined that no no no no clearly -- -- you wanna be transparent be transparent wanna be clear be clear.
Don't keep the smoke and mirrors came up with the American public we've had -- up to here we need to get back to just common sense.
Well and the idea that you -- you have a professor and Ivy League professor.
Telling businesses how to make their life easy I mean why should just get somebody like a business person put them in the position if you have to have a regulatory czar.
And have them to the -- -- because they know what hurts businesses the most.
Well I -- you know what David in the end the Middle Ages they used to talk about how many angels they could fit and head of appearance and that spend days and weeks and months and years trying to book what the answer look.
-- -- -- -- Please to be paper practice.
It practice in your field and don't get involved in mind if you've never actually done it and don't tell me you looked at a at a report last night and yet the software program that told you about it.
If you haven't had your hands dirty.
If you haven't had your knuckles bruised if you haven't done what I've done them please don't tell me that you know better than I do how to do it and don't add layers and layers across which by the way.
If it increased the cost of -- doing business you know who -- sport.
The consumer right and and we've got things going well right now only to consumer but also the person might be looking for a job who can't get absolutely as the guys.
Too busy spending money did -- -- to pay off the of for all the protection all the regulations against a deal with.
Yet in we don't we know we have things -- -- right now especially with utilities.
We're we're looking at regulations for greenhouse gas emissions that are -- -- put the cost of energy to the average American family we over the top the people that need energy.
And the people that that -- painful work through the nose or the people getting hurt the most -- it doesn't help us it hurts us congressman Mike Kelly glad you're on a case Mike thank you very much for being here.
