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Reg Watch Update

October 3, 2011
Regulations and the 112th Congress:
Restoring the regulatory oversight power of the House 

Reg Watch Fact of the Day:

A recent poll from The Tarrance Group found that 74 percent of Americans believe we are over regulated, including a majority of Democrats (58 percent) and Independents (75 percent).  More than two thirds (70%) believe increasing the number of regulations on American businesses will result in more jobs moving overseas.

258 Days:      Since Obama’s Executive Order on Regulations
  84 Days:      Since Obama’s Executive Order on Regulations for                           Independent Agencies
1 Rule:           Repealed this year – spilled milk not considered an oil spill
468 Rules:      Regulations deemed significant under Executive Order 12866
$79.9B:          Cost of regulatory burdens from new rules for the year
61,032 Pages: Pages of regulations in the Federal Register so far this year 81.9 Million:   Hours of annual paperwork burd


REG’S IN THE NEWS:

Politico: GOP tries to roll back Regs, (Monday, October 3, 2011)
The EPA bill, Boehner wrote in a letter to Obama Monday morning, could help “protect” 200,000 American jobs.

Big Government: States Join Texas to Fight Back Against EPA’s Regulation, Call for Review of Final Rule, (Sunday, October 2, 2011)
Mr. Campbell represents the 4,400 Luminant employees in Texas whose jobs have been threatened as a result of the Cross-State Air Pollution rule.

USA Today: House GOP looks to curb EPA rules on concrete, (Thursday, September 29, 2011)
“…a Birmingham, Ala., cement manufacturer who says the new environmental rules have delayed his planned $350 million plant expansion.”

Forbes: Jobs Sputter as Laws and Regulators Go Wild, (Wednesday, September 28, 2011)
Boehner said, “At this moment, the Executive Branch has 219 new rules in the works that will cost our economy at least $100 million.”


HOUSE GOP SOLUTIONS TO JOB-KILLING REGULATIONS:

Rep. Smith (TX) introduces a bi-partisan bill to reform the federal regulatory process and reduce unnecessary burdens on job creators (H.R. 3010)

Rep. Pompeo introduces a bill to block the EPA’s Student “Environmental Justice” Agenda (H.R. 2876)

House Republicans to vote this week on Rep. Sullivan’s Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 (H.R. 2681)

House Republicans to vote this week on Rep. Griffith’s EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 (H.R. 2250)

CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT ACTION:

After rushing to finalize “Net Neutrality” regulations last December, nine months later, the Office of Management and Budget has cleared the way for the regulations to go into the Federal Register. The rule will regulate the internet for the first time in history, and places government as the gatekeeper of internet services.  On Friday April 8, 2011, the House passed H.J. Res. 37, sponsored by Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon, by a vote of 240-179.  Now that the final rule will be published in the Federal Register, the resolution can be brought to the floor of the Senate for a vote with the signatures of 30 Senators after 20 calendar days in a Senate committee.  If passed in the Senate, the resolution will be sent to President Obama’s desk and he will be held directly accountable for a job killing regulation issued by his administration.


Contacts:
Casey Hogan – Regulations Legislative Assistant
John Stone – Communications
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