69-084 4.G746: Im7 IMPACT OF FEDERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS 94-2 HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ATLANTA, GEORGIA Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations James L. Green, Professor of Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga Allan McGarity, president, Harmony Blue Granite Co., Inc.; accom- Morris M. Bryan, Jr., Jefferson Mills, Inc., Jefferson, Ga__ Floyd C. Newton, Jr., Dundee Mills, Griffin, Ga. -- L. K. Fitzgerald, Deering-Milliken Services Corp., Spartanburg, S.C. Inman Allen, president, The Inman Company, Atlanta, Ga---- Curtis H. Cadenhead, Jr., partner, Haskins and Sells, Atlanta, Ga--- L. Glenn Dewberry, Jr., president, Atlantic Steel Co., Atlanta, Ga.... James W. Howard, Howard Lumber and Kiln Co., Atlanta, Ga-- Edward J. Fechtel, Jr., administrator, St. Mary's Hospital, Athens, Ga., and president, Georgia Hospital Association__ Dr. Harrison L. Rogers, Jr., chairman, National Legislative Committee, Medical Association of Georgia__. Gene Bishop, The Georgia Nursing Home Association. Herbert C. Mabry, president, Georgia State AFL-CIO. Carey B. Paul, Public Affairs Committee, Georgia Automobile Dealers Bill Morie, executive vice president, Georgia Automobile Dealer's Associ- Jack P. Nix, Georgia Superintendent of Schools, Atlanta, Ga.. James A. Calvin, assistant director, Georgia Municipal Association_ Keith Skelley, Secura Insurance Co., Atlanta, Ga---- H. Dillon Winship, Jr., president, Georgia Highway Express, Inc., Atlanta, Alphabetical list of witnesses: Bryan, Morris M., Jr.: testimony. Cadenhead, Curtis H., Jr.: testimony. Prepared statement. Selected articles from National Hardwood News, Sept. 15, 1975 Letter to Howard Gatewood, National Hardwood Lumber Letters to Senator Nunn from Jack P. Nix, with enclosure, Feb. 16 and Mar. 22, 1976-- Letter to Senator Nunn from Harrison L. Rogers, with enclosure, IMPACT OF FEDERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1976 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT PROCEDURES OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Atlanta, Ga. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:30 a.m., at the Federal Building, Atlanta, Ga., Hon. Sam Nunn presiding. Present: Senator Nunn. Staff present: Bill Goodwin, staff director and chief counsel; Merrielou Howser, chief clerk; Rochelle Jones, professional staff member; and Robin Ellis, minority clerk. Senator NUNN. The subcommittee will come to order. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR NUNN I am pleased to be home in our great State of Georgia this week and to be able to be in Atlanta, the economic center of the Southeast, for this hearing on the impact of Federal rules and regulations. The Subcommittee on Oversight Procedures is conducting this hearing in order to ascertain the impact of specific Federal regulations and administrative actions on businesses, consumers, industry and labor. I am delighted Congressman Elliott Levitas will be with us, and he will coach these hearings as an unofficial ad hoc member of the U.S. Senate Government Operations Committee. Congressman Levitas has taken the lead on this subject in the House, and I think has done a remarkable job in getting the ball rolling in a much needed area of reform. Obviously there are many problems caused by Federal regulations, regardless of how laudable the purpose of any particular law. In order to carry out our responsibility to devise better methods by which Congress can oversee the operations of the executive branch and the regulatory agencies, we must first find out just which regulations are causing the problems. We also must determine whether specific problems stem from the law setting up a program or requirement, from the regulations issued pursuant to that law, or from administrative decisions made on a case-by-case basis by Federal bureaucrats. These are not easy questions to answer, but in order to do our job we want to hear from individuals who have first-hand, front-line experiences with Federal laws, regulations, and administrative decisions. We have a series of distinguished witnesses scheduled to testify today, and I am looking forward to their testimony. I believe it will |