{"id":1947614,"date":"2023-06-14T19:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T23:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-take-aim-at-federal-regulations\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T19:48:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T23:48:30","slug":"house-republicans-take-aim-at-federal-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-take-aim-at-federal-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP Targets Federal Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-take-aim-at-federal-regulations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0614\/0fa70aa6-0de0-4dce-8d43-250ea91472d2\/audio.mp3?length=4874445&#038;duration=406\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Republicans took aim at federal regulations in hearings on Capitol Hill on June 14, praising Trump-era attempts at deregulation and vowing to roll back what they see as excessive regulations imposed by President Joe Biden\u2019s administration. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) summarized the GOP position in his opening statement. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, and several other agencies launched a government-wide effort to push out regulations to fundamentally change American life,\u201d Comer said. \u201cIt\u2019s estimated that just three of the Biden administration\u2019s rules will cause $1.5 trillion to be spent over the next decade.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comer added that such regulations pit the power of the executive branch against the interests of the American people, producing higher costs for businesses and fewer choices in the marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Investigation pushed back on the assertion that federal regulations inhibit economic growth. They pointed out that landmark regulatory actions to protect worker safety and the environment have not only saved lives but contributed to the nation\u2019s thriving economy and low rate of unemployment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said most Americans want regulation that ensures clean air and water, safe workplaces, and a food supply free of contamination. Businesses are motivated by profit, Rankin said, and are therefore focused on reducing costs rather than ensuring the public welfare. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5173435\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05\/id5173435-GettyImages-1461140554-1200x797.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe key difference between the parties today is the Democrats believe that government regulation must be used to serve the public interest of everyone, the common good of all,\u201d Raskin said. \u201cRepublicans want corporate CEOs and industry lobbyists to take over the regulatory process and write the rules that serve their own interests.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both parties agreed that the process of making federal regulations could be improved. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rule-Making Process<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federal regulations are legally binding rules that govern various aspects of American life and business. The purpose of regulations is to ensure compliance with federal laws, such as the Environmental Protection Act or the Rail Safety Improvement Act. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than making specific rules based on such complex pieces of legislation, Congress often delegates rule-making to the executive branch, which is responsible for enforcing the law. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of making federal regulations includes just three steps but is deceptively complex, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The process entails several layers of analysis, review, and comment by various federal agencies and the general public. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe public sees the process of crafting regulations as opaque and inscrutable, and often it is,\u201d said Raskin. He also noted that the process has not been updated in decades, but Biden issued an executive order to modernize the process in April, aimed at making it more transparent and inclusive. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comer agreed that change is needed. \u201cFortunately, Republicans in Congress know what a thoughtful, efficient, and results-driven regulatory system looks like,\u201d he said. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis committee and the House majority will continue to hold the Biden administration accountable for its extreme regulatory overreach and pursue legislative solutions to ensure common-sense regulatory reform.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measuring Cost and Benefit<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The disagreement between committee Republicans and Democrats centered on the relative value of marketplace versus the federal government in ensuring the health and prosperity of the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To Republicans, multiplying regulations increases the paperwork required of business, which increases costs and decreases profitability, innovation, and job creation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen America isn\u2019t tied down with red tape or buried under heaps of federal paperwork, American small businesses, workers, and communities are capable of soaring to new heights of prosperity,\u201d Comer said. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5268717\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/16\/id5268717-Gerry-Connolly-1200x801.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd with more economic prosperity comes more economic opportunities. And these opportunities will do more to help Americans create, innovate, and thrive than any regulation pushed through by unelected bureaucrats.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democrats on the committee see regulations in terms of their benefit to society. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen we get regulation right, we avoid disaster. When we get regulation wrong, we court disaster,\u201d Raskin said. As evidence, he cited a coal dust explosion that killed 29 miners in West Virginia in 2010 after mine safety rules implemented in the 1970s were rolled back, along with other examples.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans targeted federal regulations in Capitol Hill hearings, applauding Trump&#8217;s deregulation efforts and pledging to reverse what they perceive as excessive regulations under President Biden. James Comer (R-Ky.), the committee chairman, encapsulated the GOP stance in his opening statement, specifically mentioning the Department of Energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1793,"featured_media":1947615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[3974,6203,3653,5565,4841],"class_list":["post-1947614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-federal","tag-gop","tag-house","tag-regulations","tag-targets"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}