It’s going to be a busy day here in Olympia. My day started with public hearing in the Government Operations and Elections committee. The Regulatory Freedom and Accountability Act from the Freedom Agenda, House Bill 1163, was heard this morning. We received great testimony in support of the bill, so let’s see if the bill moves out of committee. Call the Chairman of the Government Operation and Elections Committee, Rep Hunt, and ask him to move the bill out of committee.
The Government Operations and Elections Committee is hearing four other bills this morning as well. House Bill 1400 amends the Washington Administrative Procedure Act to provide that administrative hearing notices and orders may be served electronically upon the parties to administrative hearings.
House Bill 1418 requires cities, towns, and special purpose districts that do not maintain office hours for a minimum of thirty hours per week to post directions on how to contact the agency personnel and to respond to requests to inspect or copy records at the next regularly scheduled agency meeting.
House Bill 1449 exempts victim impact statements from disclosure under the Public Records Act and exempts documents and other materials provided by the defense to the prosecution.
House Bill 1456 authorizes pretax payroll deductions for qualified transit and parking benefits.
There are also eight bills scheduled for possible Executive Action.
#Regulatory #Freedom #Accountability #Agenda #House #Bill #Executive #Action #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
February 7th - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 25
We just received word that our Regulatory Freedom and Accountability Act (House Bill 1163) was scheduled for a hearing on February 12, 2013 at 8:00 AM in the Government Operations and Election Committee.
House Bill 1163 is part of the Freedom Agenda and represents a lot of the Regulatory Reform measures many of us have been talking about for years, including 90 day permitting by state agencies, economic impact analysis of new rules, a rule writing moratorium, and coordination by state agencies with local government entities.
Please contact you Representatives and ask them to support House Bill 1163.
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House Bill 1163 is part of the Freedom Agenda and represents a lot of the Regulatory Reform measures many of us have been talking about for years, including 90 day permitting by state agencies, economic impact analysis of new rules, a rule writing moratorium, and coordination by state agencies with local government entities.
Please contact you Representatives and ask them to support House Bill 1163.
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
January 31st - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 18
I started the day with a Local Government Committee meeting where we took executive action (voted to move bills out of committee) on nine bills. The nine bills were:
House Bill 1049 concerning the administration and operation of flood control districts.
House Bill 1090 increasing the dollar amount for construction of a dock that does not qualify as a substantial development under the Shoreline Management Act.
House Bill 1158 related to the annexation of property owned by the state for military purposes. The title of this bill is a little deceiving, as it only allows the Adjunct General to sign annexation petitions and still requires the normal annexation process be followed.
House Bill 1179 which revises the lien for collection of sewer charges by counties.
House Bill 1185 concerns the equitable allocation of auditor costs.
House Bill 1207 related to the formation requirements for cemetery districts.
House Bill 1217 strengthening the integrity, fairness and equity in Washington’s property assessment system. This is another bill in which the title is misleading. The bill requires appellants challenging the assessed value of commercial property to provide a county assessor with income and expense statements for the three years prior to the assessment date. The statements must be provided to the assessor within 60 days from the appellant filing his or her petition.
House Bill 1239 related to the powers of water-sewer districts. The original bill was very broadly written, but an amendment which passed in committee, narrows the bill considerably.
House Bill 1241 which authorizes water-sewer districts, in addition to cities and towns, to fix and determine the amount of a public works contractor's surety bond and to whom the bond shall run.
I’m in the Government Operations and Elections Committee now where we’re hearing three bills today. House Bill 1162, which is a bill introduced by Rep. Jason Overstreet, enacts the Regulatory Fairness Act of 2013. The bill specifically requires agencies to consider economic impacts when doing rule-making. Amazingly, only State Agencies are here to testify against the bill.
We’re also hearing House Bill 1197 concerning open public meetings and requiring government bodies to accept public testimony before taking action. I agree with the intent of the bill, but when asked for examples of actions that can be taken without public testimony the prime sponsor was able to provide one.
The final bill we’re hearing today is House Joint Resolution 4204 which proposes an amendment to the state's Constitution requiring legislative approval of certain agency rules.
#Local #Govenment #Operations #Elections #Hosue #Bills #Executive #Action #Regulatory #Fairness #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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House Bill 1049 concerning the administration and operation of flood control districts.
House Bill 1090 increasing the dollar amount for construction of a dock that does not qualify as a substantial development under the Shoreline Management Act.
House Bill 1158 related to the annexation of property owned by the state for military purposes. The title of this bill is a little deceiving, as it only allows the Adjunct General to sign annexation petitions and still requires the normal annexation process be followed.
House Bill 1179 which revises the lien for collection of sewer charges by counties.
House Bill 1185 concerns the equitable allocation of auditor costs.
House Bill 1207 related to the formation requirements for cemetery districts.
House Bill 1217 strengthening the integrity, fairness and equity in Washington’s property assessment system. This is another bill in which the title is misleading. The bill requires appellants challenging the assessed value of commercial property to provide a county assessor with income and expense statements for the three years prior to the assessment date. The statements must be provided to the assessor within 60 days from the appellant filing his or her petition.
House Bill 1239 related to the powers of water-sewer districts. The original bill was very broadly written, but an amendment which passed in committee, narrows the bill considerably.
House Bill 1241 which authorizes water-sewer districts, in addition to cities and towns, to fix and determine the amount of a public works contractor's surety bond and to whom the bond shall run.
I’m in the Government Operations and Elections Committee now where we’re hearing three bills today. House Bill 1162, which is a bill introduced by Rep. Jason Overstreet, enacts the Regulatory Fairness Act of 2013. The bill specifically requires agencies to consider economic impacts when doing rule-making. Amazingly, only State Agencies are here to testify against the bill.
We’re also hearing House Bill 1197 concerning open public meetings and requiring government bodies to accept public testimony before taking action. I agree with the intent of the bill, but when asked for examples of actions that can be taken without public testimony the prime sponsor was able to provide one.
The final bill we’re hearing today is House Joint Resolution 4204 which proposes an amendment to the state's Constitution requiring legislative approval of certain agency rules.
#Local #Govenment #Operations #Elections #Hosue #Bills #Executive #Action #Regulatory #Fairness #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
January 24th - 2013 Regular Legislative Session Day 11
At approximately 1:30 PM today I will be on the Lars Larsen show to discuss House Bill 1163, Regulatory Freedom and Accountability Act.
#Lars #Larsen #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District #HB #1163 #Regulatory #Freedom #Accountability
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#Lars #Larsen #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District #HB #1163 #Regulatory #Freedom #Accountability
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
2012 Regular Legislative Session
Well I woke up to snow in Olympia. Nothing was actually sticking to the ground, but there was some B-I-G HUGE flakes falling. We start on the House Floor at 1:30 today with a fairly large run list and then starting the debate on final passage of the Supplemental Budget around 6:00 PM.
We debated 12 amendments to the proposed budget for about four hours yesterday, so today’s debate will be on final passage. I took the lead in debating two of the amendments, the first related to restoring $5.2 million to Growth Management grants and shoreline assistance, restoring cuts to DOE management staff and water quality financial assistance program and restoring cuts to salmon grants. Yet again, the Democrat majority is choosing to fund fish and the environment of people.
The second amendment dealt with adding $23,000 to the Office of Regulatory Assistance to create a small business liaison team to assist small businesses in permitting and regulatory issues. I pointed out that the Republicans put forth a significant regulatory reform package that should have had the opportunity to be debated on the House Floor, but the Democrats aren’t interested in regulatory reform, just more taxes. The fact that the Democrat Majority believes the state needs a small business liaison team is very telling. I have an idea, how we just make permits easier to get and understand?
We also ran four amendments to show Republicans believe we should be prioritizing our spending to focus on the core functions of government ... that is to fund education first, protect public health and safety and to protect the most vulnerable in our society. Of course the Democrats turned down all but one of our amendments.
#2012 #supplemental #budget #amendments #regulatory #reform #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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We debated 12 amendments to the proposed budget for about four hours yesterday, so today’s debate will be on final passage. I took the lead in debating two of the amendments, the first related to restoring $5.2 million to Growth Management grants and shoreline assistance, restoring cuts to DOE management staff and water quality financial assistance program and restoring cuts to salmon grants. Yet again, the Democrat majority is choosing to fund fish and the environment of people.
The second amendment dealt with adding $23,000 to the Office of Regulatory Assistance to create a small business liaison team to assist small businesses in permitting and regulatory issues. I pointed out that the Republicans put forth a significant regulatory reform package that should have had the opportunity to be debated on the House Floor, but the Democrats aren’t interested in regulatory reform, just more taxes. The fact that the Democrat Majority believes the state needs a small business liaison team is very telling. I have an idea, how we just make permits easier to get and understand?
We also ran four amendments to show Republicans believe we should be prioritizing our spending to focus on the core functions of government ... that is to fund education first, protect public health and safety and to protect the most vulnerable in our society. Of course the Democrats turned down all but one of our amendments.
#2012 #supplemental #budget #amendments #regulatory #reform #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Op Ed
Business as Usual is Hurting Business Across the State | NFIB:: www.nfib.com/washington/nfib-in-my-state-content?c...59316
The National Federation of Independent Business asked me to write an Op Ed on the Regulatory Freedom and Accountability Act ... here it is.
#HB #2276 #NFIB #regulatory #freedom #accountability #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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The National Federation of Independent Business asked me to write an Op Ed on the Regulatory Freedom and Accountability Act ... here it is.
#HB #2276 #NFIB #regulatory #freedom #accountability #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
http://chumly.com/n/101e8e6
Monday, January 30, 2012
2012 Regular Legislative Session Day 22
We’re back on the House Floor this morning voting on the House Cutoff Calendar. What was supposed to be a series of floor speeches from the House Republican Caucus in support of the amended Cutoff Calendar was suddenly cut short by the Democrat Majority because we didn’t tell them we were going to do that. Yes, you heard that correctly, the Majority Democrats refused to let us have floor debate because they didn’t know about it first. It’s these types of games that boggle my mind and piss me off.
Had I been allowed to give my floor speech, it would have gone something like this ...
Mr. Speaker, what is regulatory reform? Regulatory Reform simply saves state taxpayers’ dollars and helps create more private-sector jobs. Unfortunately, the Democrat’s idea of regulatory reform is to create the"Office of Permit Assistance”, while our idea is to simply make the permit easier to get and understand.
My Caucus has introduced several ideas would lead to real reform, like HB1125 which would reclassify hydropower as renewable energy. When we sell our inexpensive hydropower to California, it qualifies as a renewable, but in Washington it does not. Let’s recapture our competitive advantage and count hydropower as renewable energy.
We have also introduced several bills to reform the Growth Management Act. For example, HB 1592 would suspend the requirements of the GMA in counties with significant and persistent unemployment. Mr. Speaker, let’s make it easier to start or grow a business in Washington and get our citizens working again.
As we all know, Tribal Casinos currently have an unfair advantage over no tribal card rooms ... electronic lottery terminals. Some of us have advocated changing the law to allow house banked card rooms the opportunity to operate the same terminals and allow the state to recapture revenue currently going to Tribal Governments who do not pay taxes. This is about fairness and transparency in government.
Lastly, HB 2276 titled the Regulatory Freedom and Accountability Act is an omnibus reform bill that would create regulatory certainty for businesses across Washington State. In 2010 alone, state agencies adopted 1,438 new, permanent rules. Mr. Speaker, constant changes to rules create uncertainty, but predictable rules create opportunities for business growth and job creation.
Mr. Speaker, the amended calendar exempts revenue bills from the policy cutoff. It’s important that we acknowledge revenue bills aren’t just taxes or fees, but also includes reform bills that save the taxpayers money. I would encourage a yes vote of the amended calendar.
The Democrat Majority may be able to stop me from speaking on the House Floor, but they can’t stop me from saying my piece publicly.
#Olympia #House #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District #regulatory #reform #revenue #HB #1592 #2276 #1125 #card #rooms
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Had I been allowed to give my floor speech, it would have gone something like this ...
Mr. Speaker, what is regulatory reform? Regulatory Reform simply saves state taxpayers’ dollars and helps create more private-sector jobs. Unfortunately, the Democrat’s idea of regulatory reform is to create the"Office of Permit Assistance”, while our idea is to simply make the permit easier to get and understand.
My Caucus has introduced several ideas would lead to real reform, like HB1125 which would reclassify hydropower as renewable energy. When we sell our inexpensive hydropower to California, it qualifies as a renewable, but in Washington it does not. Let’s recapture our competitive advantage and count hydropower as renewable energy.
We have also introduced several bills to reform the Growth Management Act. For example, HB 1592 would suspend the requirements of the GMA in counties with significant and persistent unemployment. Mr. Speaker, let’s make it easier to start or grow a business in Washington and get our citizens working again.
As we all know, Tribal Casinos currently have an unfair advantage over no tribal card rooms ... electronic lottery terminals. Some of us have advocated changing the law to allow house banked card rooms the opportunity to operate the same terminals and allow the state to recapture revenue currently going to Tribal Governments who do not pay taxes. This is about fairness and transparency in government.
Lastly, HB 2276 titled the Regulatory Freedom and Accountability Act is an omnibus reform bill that would create regulatory certainty for businesses across Washington State. In 2010 alone, state agencies adopted 1,438 new, permanent rules. Mr. Speaker, constant changes to rules create uncertainty, but predictable rules create opportunities for business growth and job creation.
Mr. Speaker, the amended calendar exempts revenue bills from the policy cutoff. It’s important that we acknowledge revenue bills aren’t just taxes or fees, but also includes reform bills that save the taxpayers money. I would encourage a yes vote of the amended calendar.
The Democrat Majority may be able to stop me from speaking on the House Floor, but they can’t stop me from saying my piece publicly.
#Olympia #House #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District #regulatory #reform #revenue #HB #1592 #2276 #1125 #card #rooms
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Friday, January 27, 2012
2012 Regular Legislative Session Day 19
It's Friday baby! I'm in the Labor and Workforce Development Committee this morning listening to testimony on HB 2348 related to the Workforce Investment Act and HB 2265 establishing Washington Works payments to increase graduation rates. HB 2265 will only cost the taxpayers $140 million per biennium.
Last night the State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee met at 6:30 PM to take Executive Action on 10 bills. We made a procedural motion to put the Regulatory Freedom and Accountability Act on the Executive Session calendar, but the motion failed. So much for the Denorcrat Majority wanting to deal with systemic problems with over regulation. We'll keep working on it for the next few days.
Last night the House Republican Organizational Committee met at AWB to elect 3 members to the Board of Directors. I was officially elected as the Eastern Washington representative to the HROC Board of Directors. With 8 seats, we take the majority ... Time to get to work, as soon as session ends.
#HB #2348 #2265 #HROC #Regulatory #Freedom #and #Accountability #Act #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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Last night the State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee met at 6:30 PM to take Executive Action on 10 bills. We made a procedural motion to put the Regulatory Freedom and Accountability Act on the Executive Session calendar, but the motion failed. So much for the Denorcrat Majority wanting to deal with systemic problems with over regulation. We'll keep working on it for the next few days.
Last night the House Republican Organizational Committee met at AWB to elect 3 members to the Board of Directors. I was officially elected as the Eastern Washington representative to the HROC Board of Directors. With 8 seats, we take the majority ... Time to get to work, as soon as session ends.
#HB #2348 #2265 #HROC #Regulatory #Freedom #and #Accountability #Act #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
2012 Regular Legislative Session Day 18
I spent 30 minutes recording an episode of Inside Olympia this morning, which is scheduled to air at 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM tonight but it may be available earlier on the TVW website. This was a first for me, but I thought it went fairly well. I was able to make it back to the Environment Committee meeting to vote on three bills.
I’m in the State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee right now and HB 2276 will be heard shortly. HB 2276 is a House Republican Caucus priority bill dealing with regulatory reform. Here’s a little factoid ... in 2010, 1,438 new permanent rules were adopted, 2,609 rules were amended, 459 emergency rules were adopted, and 1,154 rules were repealed. How can Washington businesses grow if rules are constantly being changed? HB 2276 addresses the issue.
The bill would ...
- Extends rule moratorium until July 1, 2015 with exceptions and allows rules to be repealed.
- Requires the Governor’s signature on all final rules.
- Requires adoption of rules by December 1st each year and cannot take effect until the end of the next regular Legislative Session.
- Requires agencies to determine whether compliance with a rule will result in an economic impact of $1000 (individual) or $5000 (business). If so, the agency must provide notice and rule cannot be enacted or enforced until passed into law by the Legislature.
- Rules can only be adopted under specific delegated authority from the Legislature.
- Requires all rules and laws to include citation of the express constitutional language that provides specific authority for the provisions.
In my humble opinion, this is a great bill and necessary to jumpstart the economy. It will provide businesses with predictable rules to operate and grow under.
#HB #2276 #regulatory #reform #TVW #Inside #Olympia #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
http://chumly.com/n/fe274e
I’m in the State Government and Tribal Affairs Committee right now and HB 2276 will be heard shortly. HB 2276 is a House Republican Caucus priority bill dealing with regulatory reform. Here’s a little factoid ... in 2010, 1,438 new permanent rules were adopted, 2,609 rules were amended, 459 emergency rules were adopted, and 1,154 rules were repealed. How can Washington businesses grow if rules are constantly being changed? HB 2276 addresses the issue.
The bill would ...
- Extends rule moratorium until July 1, 2015 with exceptions and allows rules to be repealed.
- Requires the Governor’s signature on all final rules.
- Requires adoption of rules by December 1st each year and cannot take effect until the end of the next regular Legislative Session.
- Requires agencies to determine whether compliance with a rule will result in an economic impact of $1000 (individual) or $5000 (business). If so, the agency must provide notice and rule cannot be enacted or enforced until passed into law by the Legislature.
- Rules can only be adopted under specific delegated authority from the Legislature.
- Requires all rules and laws to include citation of the express constitutional language that provides specific authority for the provisions.
In my humble opinion, this is a great bill and necessary to jumpstart the economy. It will provide businesses with predictable rules to operate and grow under.
#HB #2276 #regulatory #reform #TVW #Inside #Olympia #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
http://chumly.com/n/fe274e
Inside Olympia
Hey all, I spent some time this morning on Inside Olympia discussing regulatory reform. It's supposed to air tonight on TVW at 10:00 PM, but might be available before that. Check www.tvw.org/index.php?option=com_tvwliveplayer&...10146 for availability.
#Inside #Olympia #TVW #Regulatory #Reform #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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#Inside #Olympia #TVW #Regulatory #Reform #Rep #David #Taylor #15th #District
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
2012 Regular Legislative Session Day 2
Back at it for the second day of session. We're getting ready to listen to the Governor's State of the State address ... should be interesting. The State of the State address has begun and so will my editorial comments ...
"Challenges and opportunities" ... What does that mean Governor? Is the challenge passing an increased tax or is it an opportunity to raise taxes?
"The system isn't broken" ... Really? I don't even know how to respond to this.
"We must, we can and we will come out ahead" ... Not with the current tax and spend mindset in Olympia.
"It's now up to us, over the next 60-days I ask you to do four things:
1. Pass a budget quickly;
2. Pass a $500 million dollar sales tax increase;
3. Pass my school reforms; and
4. Pass a Transportation and Jobs package."
... ok, this one is a little difficult to respond to. I agree we need to pass the budget quickly, but not through a $500 million tax increase or an $.11 gas tax increase and definitely not through maintaining the status quo.
"Wall Street handed us this mess" ... Seriously? I think the ever increasing spending put us into this mess. Let's not forget that Washington State is still projected to receive $1.7 billion more revenue that the 2009-11 budget.
"We've already cut $10.5 billion over the past few years" ... And those are only cuts to what the majority WANTED to spend. To repeat, we're spending $1.7 billion more in this budget then the last.
"We must address our own education gaps" ... wow, the hypocrisy of the statement. Governor, if you want to address education gaps, why are you proposing to cut Levy Equalization?
"Let's create jobs now" ... Agreed! Let's repeal the GMA, let's cut taxes, let's increase local control, and let's pass some real regulatory reform.
"I ask you to pass a $1.50 barrel tax on all oil produced in Washington" ... translation, the Governor wants to increase the cost of gas on all citizens. Wait, we refine oil in Washington, but we don't produce any oil.
"Fight discrimination ... it's time to for marriage equality". Facing a budget crisis, cuts to education and serious unemployment, but the Governor's priority is gay marriage. Enough said.
Now it's my turn. Governor, it's time education get's the first dollar, not the last and it's time to pass some real regulatory reforms to get Washington working again.
#Governor #State #of #the #State #gay #marriage #Washington #reform #regulatory #education #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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"Challenges and opportunities" ... What does that mean Governor? Is the challenge passing an increased tax or is it an opportunity to raise taxes?
"The system isn't broken" ... Really? I don't even know how to respond to this.
"We must, we can and we will come out ahead" ... Not with the current tax and spend mindset in Olympia.
"It's now up to us, over the next 60-days I ask you to do four things:
1. Pass a budget quickly;
2. Pass a $500 million dollar sales tax increase;
3. Pass my school reforms; and
4. Pass a Transportation and Jobs package."
... ok, this one is a little difficult to respond to. I agree we need to pass the budget quickly, but not through a $500 million tax increase or an $.11 gas tax increase and definitely not through maintaining the status quo.
"Wall Street handed us this mess" ... Seriously? I think the ever increasing spending put us into this mess. Let's not forget that Washington State is still projected to receive $1.7 billion more revenue that the 2009-11 budget.
"We've already cut $10.5 billion over the past few years" ... And those are only cuts to what the majority WANTED to spend. To repeat, we're spending $1.7 billion more in this budget then the last.
"We must address our own education gaps" ... wow, the hypocrisy of the statement. Governor, if you want to address education gaps, why are you proposing to cut Levy Equalization?
"Let's create jobs now" ... Agreed! Let's repeal the GMA, let's cut taxes, let's increase local control, and let's pass some real regulatory reform.
"I ask you to pass a $1.50 barrel tax on all oil produced in Washington" ... translation, the Governor wants to increase the cost of gas on all citizens. Wait, we refine oil in Washington, but we don't produce any oil.
"Fight discrimination ... it's time to for marriage equality". Facing a budget crisis, cuts to education and serious unemployment, but the Governor's priority is gay marriage. Enough said.
Now it's my turn. Governor, it's time education get's the first dollar, not the last and it's time to pass some real regulatory reforms to get Washington working again.
#Governor #State #of #the #State #gay #marriage #Washington #reform #regulatory #education #15th #District #Rep #David #Taylor
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