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On the recordMarch 16, 2023
when it comes to the actions of government, it is often legislation that grabs the headlines, but it is equally important to be aware of what a Presidential administration does with his regulatory power. With the modern expansion of the regulatory state, Presidents have a tremendous amount of power to affect our economy and Federal policy through regulation, and President Biden has made aggressive use of regulatory power to push his agenda and to burden our economy in the process. President Biden's big spending habits are well-known: the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan spending spree that he signed into law; the trillions of dollars in new government spending he has proposed and pushed for over the course of his administration. But his carelessness with taxpayer dollars is not limited to legislative initiatives. President Biden has also pushed through regulations costing almost $360 billion and requiring 220 million hours of paperwork--220 million hours of paperwork. Now, that is a big compliance burden and a good reminder of the fact that regulations have consequences--consequences for individual Americans, consequences for American businesses, and consequences for our economy. Take the Biden administration's proposed rule to require Federal contractors to disclose their direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and, in some cases, not only their own direct and indirect emissions but also related emissions over which the contractor has no control.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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