Joint Hearing of the Rules Subcommittee on Technology and the House and
the Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs
Hearing on "Unfunded Mandates - A Five-Year Review and Recommendations for Change."
Vice President, Environment, Technology and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Thank you Chairman Linder, Chairman Ose, Ranking Member Tierney, Ranking Member Hall, and members of the Rules Subcommittee on Technology and the Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs. My name is William L. Kovacs and I am the Vice President of Environment, Technology & Regulatory Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In this role, I am the primary officer responsible for developing U.S. Chamber policy on environment, energy, natural resources, agriculture, food safety, regulatory, and technology issues.
I fully concur with the testimony provided by Scott L. Holman on behalf of the U.S. Chamber, and I have little to add by way of a formal statement. However, during my U.S. Chamber tenure, I have been involved in many activities to support enactment of regulatory reform statutes such as the Mandates Information Act, Truth in Regulating Act, and Data Access provisions. I look forward to sharing any information I can with the members of the subcommittees regarding technical issues of the Unfunded Mandates Relief Act of 1995 or other regulatory statutes.
Thank you. I would be pleased to answer any of your questions.
