Cass Sunstein Quotes

Donald Trump promises to impose, soon after his inauguration, a new requirement on federal agencies: If they want to issue a new regulation, they have to rescind two regulations that are now on the books. The idea of 'one in, two out' has rhetorical appeal, but it's going to be extremely hard to pull off.

We are very much engaged across the government, very much engaged in streamlining and simplifying our activities with borrowers and lenders, because that saves time and saves costs and we believe we can do that while maintaining the same or increased levels of oversight and risk management.

Don't punish small businesses with over-regulation.

I saw my father deal with every headache the government threw his way - whether it had to do with the signs on the front of the building or the prices on the showroom floor. He knew he could do better, if government would just get out of the way - and stay out of the way. He was right.

We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing.

We can get rid of red tape.

There are over 170,000 pages of regulations in Washington, D.C. I want to streamline the rules in the federal government to basically allow businesses to grow without fear of burdensome federal regulations. That's a passion to me, regulatory reform.

Mr. Icahn will be a leader in helping American entrepreneurs shed job-killing regulations that stifle economic growth.

A focus on regulatory overreach, things that the benefit doesn't outweigh the cost, is probably the single greatest opportunity we have for having a positive impact on job creation.

Federal rules and regulations too often become seemingly insurmountable obstacles to simple changes that can have a positive impact.

The federal government has gone too far on many nonessential regulations that are harming small businesses. Employers are rightly concerned about the costs of these regulations - so they stop hiring, stop spending, and start saving for a bill from the federal government.

I urge the Government to look carefully at scrapping the entire burden of regulation on micro-businesses with, say, three employees or fewer.

The economy needs thriving, job-creating small businesses, but excessive and ill-considered regulations too often get in the way of growth.

I think it's important that we eliminate regulations that are not serving a useful purpose.

The first thing I'd do [as a president] is de-regulate about 90-percent of the things that they've got regulation on, OK, including duck hunting. We're way over-regulated on everything.

We need to cut regulations. Apparently this will make everyone a little more socially responsible?

We've issued a game-changing new rule that says for each one new regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated. Makes sense. Nobody's ever seen regulations like we have.

I frankly think we in the financial service world believe we need appropriate kinds of regulations. No question about that. But when something like Dodd-Frank has been created, sort of in the mystery of night, it is a huge document. It's vast. It weighs about 10 pounds when I carry it around.

Moving to one show each season will significantly help to simplify many aspects of our business. Maintaining two separate, disconnected calendars has been a result of tradition rather than practicality.

Time and time again, small businesses testify before the Committee on Small Business that they simply want the government to 'get out of the way.'

President Trump cut regulations, allowing businesses large and small to expand and hire. The Democrats created those regulations.

Simplifying the tax code and reducing administrative burdens will save small businesses money and time and let owners and employees focus less on paperwork and more on how to operate in this tough economy.

We have to cut the red tape, eliminate barriers, and reduce bureaucracy - for all housing, for everyone.

Business isn't complicated; we complicate business.

Federal regulations should promote safety without unnecessarily burdening small firms and costing much-needed jobs.