Quotes About Regulation

If you own a chemical plant and leak a little benzene, you're in big trouble because everyone knows how carcinogenic it is. But coming out of a tailpipe? The government never does anything about that.

Coal is cheap, but up to what extent are we going to allow coal plants to operate?

The Internet should be an open platform where you are free to go where you want and say and do what you want without having to ask anyone's permission.

If I could police every other social platform in the world, I would.

I don't want to create a too-big-to-fail player.

My overall goal is to level the playing field for American businesses.

Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way.

We can't go to courts in China, so we have to find alternate ways, like working with brands to try and create a level playing field by identifying the most obvious polluters.

Everyone is on a fair playing field. It's safer for athletes, it's safer for the fighters - it's just a safer thing for fighters. So I think the USADA thing is good.

I think it's really important that we have a level playing field for global trade.

You know... the only person I really had to please after a point was the MPAA. Because Lions' Gate was like, hey, whatever you can get away with is fine, we don't care.

I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous.

Government shouldn't constantly be in our pocket.

If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.

There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.

I think it's a completely good thing to want to do business, to want to make money and be a success in the marketplace, to get the attention of customers. I'm not in the business of pointing fingers or blaming companies, but there is a limit to everything.

EPA can and should now focus on getting real results in the fight for clean air, land, and water.

Ultimately, refiners, like all of us, are going to have to clean up their emissions.

To enable large U.S. banks to support their clients better, the Volcker rule should be clarified.

In the past, we had several dog butcher shops in Cheongnyangni, but I closed almost all of them down through various measures.

The coal industry is a huge industry when we're talking about polluting the environment, our air and our waterways.

I certainly would like to see the war on coal come to an end.

You can't use the tax code as a penal system because you don't like what a country is doing.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.