Quotes About Policy

We must advance regulatory reforms.

Particularly when it comes to the regulatory environment, being a jerk doesn't actually get you very far.

The policy of the Obama administration is to employ regulatory strangulation to drive up the price of energy. This must be exposed and opposed for what it is: a policy of forced economic contraction.

Applying cost-benefit analysis to regulation is no different than what most regulatory agencies do.

Do we want more of the same regulatory mission creep that has helped to harm America's poor and middle class? Do we want more of the policies that have stifled growth? Or do we want something else, something different, something that focuses on the need to reevaluate the size, the scope, the cost, the reach of the federal government?

When you declare a 'war on coal' from a regulatory perspective, the question has to be asked: where's that in the statute? Where did Congress empower the EPA to declare a war on coal?

The administration will look at Glass-Steagall and what I referred to as the 21st-century Glass-Steagall as part of regulatory reform.

As a businessman, you need economic certainty. On the tax policies. You need it on your regulatory policies.

Regulatory reform must move beyond limiting the damage that the financial sector can do and ensure that the sector genuinely serves society.

What you do on immigration policy, what you do on education policy, what you do on tax, regulatory, and energy policy, all connects together - and will be based on a simple determination about what will make life better in America for American citizens.

Streamlining New Hampshire's regulatory framework is a key priority of my administration.

Mandatory minimums are focused on punishment, not rehabilitation.

Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept.

If you take a look at Medicare, there are things we could do, not just tort reform but truly reform the whole reimbursement system which will help in terms of reducing costs and creating the right kind of incentives for savings.

More government control of doctors and their reimbursement schemes will only create more problems.

I had an interest in health policy and a realization that, as an academic physician, one of the things you're always looking to do is to have your clinical interests and your scholarly interests overlap and reinforce one another.

Optimism leads to investment, and anything that our government can do to reinforce optimism in our economy is good.

I'm a Democrat for the reinforcement of the Patriot Act. It's not strong enough.

I would reject the distinction between a Keynesian moment and a behavioral moment.

I reject the insurance model. I think we should have a free-market approach to healthcare.

In my judgment, the president should reject Keystone and step up natural gas exports.

I did two master's degrees - aeronautics and astronautics, and the second one was technology and policy. That taught me how to think about issues in science and technology as they relate to the general public.

The reform of state industry, and most directly related to that, the banking sector, is enormously daunting.

Inflation in Russia is primarily related to internal factors.