Regulatory Reform: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 343 ... March 17, 1995, Volume 4

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Page 61 - Each employer (1) shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees; (2) shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this Act.
Page 60 - I would like to thank you, Mr. Chairman and the members of the Committee, for giving us this opportunity to express our views on the VA budget request for Fiscal Year 1984.
Page 94 - ... (5) how equitably distributed the danger is or how concentrated on identifiable, innocent, or traditionally disadvantaged victims; (6) how well understood the risk in question is; (7) whether the risk would be faced by future generations; and (8) how familiar the risk is. An assessment of these variables is part of a good CBA. See generally Pildes & Sunstein, snpra.
Page 94 - It is important, morever, to emphasize that good CBA recognizes that people care not simply about aggregate amount of lives lived, but also about a range of factors involving the nature of the particular risk. For most people, among the most salient contextual features are: (1) the catastrophic nature of the risk; (2) whether the...
Page 28 - I served as the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget (1993-1998), where I was responsible for the development and implementation of the Administration's regulatory policy.
Page 26 - Please tell me if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of the United States.
Page 49 - A statement of the need for each such action and, if applicable, how the action will reduce risks to public health, safety, or the environment, as well as how the magnitude of the risk addressed by the action relates to other risks within the jurisdiction of the agency; (E) The agency's schedule for action.
Page 95 - The problem occurs when the diminution of one health risk simultaneously increases another health risk. Thus, for example, fuel economy standards, designed to reduce environmental risks, may make automobiles less safe, and in that way increase risks to life and health. Regulations designed to control the spread of AIDS and hepatitis among health care providers may increase the costs of health care, and thus make health care less widely available, and thus cost lives.
Page 43 - Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities...
Page 55 - How do we help to reinforce the social contract and do our part to work with the private sector to protect the legitimate interests of the American people without literally taking leave of our senses and doing things that drive people up the wall but don't make them safer? We all want the benefits of regulation. We all want clean air and clean water and safe food and toys that our children can play with. But let's face it, we all know the regulatory system needs repair. Too often the rule writers...

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