Whereas job creation continues to be a top priority for
Congress and the American people;
Whereas the economic recovery is, according to the
President and other executive branch officials, fragile
and
uncertain
;
Whereas estimates put the cost of overbearing and onerous
Federal regulations at over $1 trillion per year;
Whereas, in a time of record deficits and debt, the
Government’s responsibility is to alleviate these fiscal pressures on American
families, not to exacerbate them; and
Whereas Congress and the Administration need to redouble
their efforts to create simple, effective regulation with specific intent: Now,
therefore, be it
That it is the sense of the House of
Representatives that the Office of Management and Budget should direct all
Federal agencies to postpone for one year the implementation of major rules
that restrict economic growth, except for those rules that provide for
emergency services or the defense of the Nation.