Griffin Blasts Washington’s ‘Regulatory Tsunami of Nonsense’

WASHINGTON – In a fiery speech given earlier today during a House Committee on the Judiciary hearing, Congressman Tim Griffin (AR-02) blasted the Obama Administration’s regulatory regime.  Following the hearing, he issued the following statement:

 “Everyone I know is for reasonable regulation, but job creators tell me again and again that President Obama’s excessive and overly burdensome regulations are crushing their ability to expand their businesses and create jobs.  They’re facing a regulatory tsunami of nonsense from Washington that’s stifling jobs and slowing economic recovery.”

 About Congressman Tim Griffin

 Congressman Tim Griffin was elected the 24th representative of Arkansas’s Second Congressional District on November 2, 2010.  For the 112th Congress, he is a member of the House Armed Services Committee, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on the Judiciary while also serving as an Assistant Whip for the majority.

 Griffin is a graduate of Hendrix College in Conway and Tulane Law School in New Orleans, and attended graduate school at Oxford University.  He has served in the U.S. Army Reserve for 16 years, was deployed to Iraq and holds the rank of Major.  He also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs for President George W. Bush.  Griffin lives in Little Rock with his wife Elizabeth and their two children.

 Griffin’s congressional offices are located in Little Rock and Washington, D.C., and are open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CT, except for federal holidays.  Office locations and directions are available online at www.Griffin.house.gov, by phone (501) 324-5941 or by writing the Office of Congressman Tim Griffin, 1232 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515.