Sean Duffy: “Today I rise to talk about a commonsense amendment, an amendment that takes aim at excessive bureaucratic rulemaking at…”

“Today I rise to talk about a commonsense amendment, an amendment that takes aim at excessive bureaucratic rulemaking at the EPA. {time} 1930 The EPA has long been known to issue onerous and costly rules with little regard to the impact on American businesses and the families who run those businesses. According to some estimates, 17 of the EPA's major rules implemented between 2000 and 2013 have imposed an annual economic impact of $90 billion--a $90 billion annual impact per year, which means real jobs and a real impact on our economy. Adding to the frustration, the EPA often ignores longstanding executive orders that require them to improve their own regulatory coordination planning and reviews. These executive orders were issued under the Clinton and Obama administrations, two administrations that have a very positive outlook towards the EPA. By no stretch of the imagination do we consider them conservatives. These orders require departments, but not independent regulatory agencies like the EPA, to follow certain guidelines when it comes to major rules that would have a dramatic impact on State, local, or tribal government, or private sector expenditures in the aggregate of more than $100 million a year. So those are big rules that have big impacts. The mercury rule put forward by the EPA is a prime example of that. It was going to cost $10 billion. This summer, the U.S.…”