Representative Brian Fitzpatrick

Oh, you may be talking about, yes, I think it's called the REINS Act. That's correct. So basically what that idea suggests is that any regulation that has over a $100 million impact on the economy- has to be revisited. So the criticism is that the Code of Federal Regulations is this cumulative Bible. It gets added to every year, but nothing ever gets taken away.

Oh, you may be talking about, yes, I think it's called the REINS Act. That's correct. So basically what that idea suggests is that any regulation that has over a $100 million impact on the economy- has to be revisited. So the criticism is that the Code of Federal Regulations is this cumulative Bible. It gets added to every year, but nothing ever gets taken away.

And regulations that might have been passed in the 50s or 60s that are no longer germane or relevant are still in the books. So it would force an automatic sunset unless affirmatively renewed by Congress. Now, you raise a good question, John. It is unclear whether that would even qualify.

And regulations that might have been passed in the 50s or 60s that are no longer germane or relevant are still in the books. So it would force an automatic sunset unless affirmatively renewed by Congress. Now, you raise a good question, John. It is unclear whether that would even qualify.

The Senate parliamentarian. Senate parliamentarian. Because the Byrd rule only applies to the Senate, not to the House.

The Senate parliamentarian. Senate parliamentarian. Because the Byrd rule only applies to the Senate, not to the House.

Yeah. I don't, I mean, I think navigate, John, I honest to God, I mean, every time I've run and I've, I've been, I've run five times now I was an FBI agent before I was in Congress and I'd never run for anything before. And I've been primaried every, every single time I've run, I've been primary by the far right every single time. So I'm used to that.

Yeah. I don't, I mean, I think navigate, John, I honest to God, I mean, every time I've run and I've, I've been, I've run five times now I was an FBI agent before I was in Congress and I'd never run for anything before. And I've been primaried every, every single time I've run, I've been primary by the far right every single time. So I'm used to that.

Because they're so ridiculous. I mean, they're just ideological purists, and that's just not how life works. I ask them all the time. I just marvel. I'll find them on the house floor, and they're rattling sabers, and they're mocking their fellow American on the other side of the aisle. And I just ask them, is this how you function at home, right?

Because they're so ridiculous. I mean, they're just ideological purists, and that's just not how life works. I ask them all the time. I just marvel. I'll find them on the house floor, and they're rattling sabers, and they're mocking their fellow American on the other side of the aisle. And I just ask them, is this how you function at home, right?

Could you imagine if we took the attitude towards our spouses or our partners that if you don't agree with me 100% of the time, you're a stupid and a bad person? That's just ridiculous. And yet you have a lot of adults acting like children here that conduct themselves that way. I'm a term limits believer, John. It's the first bill I introduce to every single Congress.

Could you imagine if we took the attitude towards our spouses or our partners that if you don't agree with me 100% of the time, you're a stupid and a bad person? That's just ridiculous. And yet you have a lot of adults acting like children here that conduct themselves that way. I'm a term limits believer, John. It's the first bill I introduce to every single Congress.

I think it's so important that this not be a career, that this be a temporary public service. And I think a lot of good things flow from that because if you're not trying to stay here and become a committee chair or build up your little political fiefdom or whatever you want to call it, it changes the way you approach the job. And I'm a huge term limits believer.

I think it's so important that this not be a career, that this be a temporary public service. And I think a lot of good things flow from that because if you're not trying to stay here and become a committee chair or build up your little political fiefdom or whatever you want to call it, it changes the way you approach the job. And I'm a huge term limits believer.

I think the biggest problem in Congress are the people that have been here 20, 30, 40 years. It's never meant to be that. Right.

I think the biggest problem in Congress are the people that have been here 20, 30, 40 years. It's never meant to be that. Right.

I don't remember who it was, Tom. Maybe you can remind me. But there was a celebration of somebody recently who broke the record for the longest serving House Republican. And they threw a party for him. And I'm like, what a perverse incentive that is, right? We're celebrating someone who's been here for 55, 60 years. That's an embarrassment, I think. Was the guy from Alaska? Was it?

I don't remember who it was, Tom. Maybe you can remind me. But there was a celebration of somebody recently who broke the record for the longest serving House Republican. And they threw a party for him. And I'm like, what a perverse incentive that is, right? We're celebrating someone who's been here for 55, 60 years. That's an embarrassment, I think. Was the guy from Alaska? Was it?

Was it Don Young?

Was it Don Young?