Political Quotes

“President Trump has been in office now for more than 9 months. He has laid out his agenda to cut punishing regulations, to grow the economy, and to help hard-working Americans. President Trump's administration has already taken important steps to roll back the regulatory rampage of the last 8 years. During the last administration, the Environmental Protection Agency issued harmful and punishing, overreaching regulations that hurt workers in my home State of Wyoming. According to the chamber of commerce, from 2008 to 2016, the EPA issued regulations that cost our economy over $60 billion each year-- significantly more than any other Federal agency. These rules had real- life impacts. The Obama administration's so-called Clean Power Plan would have closed powerplants and cost America jobs. We can have both clean air and a growing economy. We have proven it. My goal is to make American energy as clean as we can, as fast as we can, without raising costs on American families. President Trump shares that goal. That is why EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has led the charge in cutting redtape. The EPA has taken important steps to roll back the Clean Power Plan and other punishing EPA regulations. It is interesting. The annual cost of high-impact rules by agencies from 2008 to 2016--there were 13 rules by the EPA--in the red right here, billions and billions and billions--over $60 billion.…”