Rep. Young: Repeal all regulation created in last 20 years

Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) on Tuesday said he will propose legislation to repeal every single federal regulation put in place since 1991.

"My bill is very simple, I just null and void any regulations passed in the last 20 years," Young told the Anchorage Downtown Rotary Club, according to The Anchorage Daily News. "I picked 20 years ago because it crossed party lines and also we were prosperous at that time. And no new regulations until they can justify them."

The Daily News reports that many in the audience at the Rotary Club appeared “taken aback by the breadth of what Young appeared to be saying.”

Young admitted in his speech that such a bill would likely have a difficult time clearing Congress and that the president would almost certainly veto it. However, he argued that it is time for a sea-change in American politics. 

"We've got to make the public less comfortable and more interested in the benefits that they should be providing because of economic well-being for future generations," Young said.

Since 1991 a vast array of regulations have been put into place by Congress and the executive branch touching every sector of American life, from industry, aviation, agriculture and food safety to banking and energy production.