David Cay Johnston: “No, they do not have to do a cost-benefit or a risk assessment if their notice of proposed rulemaking was out before…”

“No, they do not have to do a cost-benefit or a risk assessment if their notice of proposed rulemaking was out before April 1. It is just as clear as it can be. Let me finish answering these questions from the Senator from California. My friend from California says there is an automatic sunset. If she would look at the section on page 33, that is section 623, it provides that, if a rule is likely to terminate and the agency needs additional time, and terminating the rule is not in the public interest, and the agency has not expeditiously completed its review, you not only can get up to an additional 2 years, but you can get a court order to tell them to complete the rule or to do other needful things. I do not know where this automatic sunset comes from. It is not an automatic sunset. It is just not. And the words are clear.”