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Senate GOP tries to force Obama's hand on regulatory review
Senate Republicans have put forward legislation that would require the Obama administration to live up to its own proposal to ensure that new federal regulations don't unnecessarily stifle economic growth.
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) proposed the Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act, S. 191, on Thursday with 32 GOP co-sponsors. Roberts said his bill would "put the power of law behind the President's widely touted, but largely ignored, Executive Order directing federal agencies to review their regulations ensuring they cause no harm to the economy or job creation."
"Two years ago, I applauded the President for recognizing that the volumes of regulations released by his administration were hurting job creation, stifling growth, and generally making life more difficult on hard working Americans," Robert said of Obama's 2011 Executive Order. "However, since that day, this promising executive order has received little more than lip service from this administration."
Roberts cited recent rules for implementing the health insurance exchanges as something that would have been affected by his bill, because they only allowed for a 30-day comment period over the holidays late last year.
He also said recent Environmental Protection Agency rules would also be affected, including those requiring people to get two permits before using pesticides, and rules for coal- and oil-fired electric utilities that he said cost billions of dollar each year.
His bill has 32 Republican co-sponsors in the Senate, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
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