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Rep. Kelly Supports REINS Act on House Floor

January 5, 2017

Bill protects economy from overregulation by executive branch

 

“What could be more commonsense than to look at the heavy burden we’re putting on everyday Americans?”

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) – a member of the House Ways and Means Committee – delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today in support of H.R. 26, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2017. The legislation will curb unnecessary major regulations by the federal bureaucracy by requiring congressional review and approval of each new regulation costing the economy more than $100 million. It is expected to be considered and passed by the House this evening.

Highlights of Rep. Kelly's remarks: 

“All we are talking about is scrutiny—scrutiny of any executive order [or regulation] that comes out that is going to have an impact of $100 million or more on the economy. Now around here, $100 million sounds like nothing. Where I’m from, it is unbelievable that even $100 million should be the point that we look at. What could be more commonsense than to look at the heavy burden we’re putting on everyday Americans?”

“Why in the world would Congress cede its power to the Executive Branch and to unelected bureaucrats to determine what the American people are going to be burdened with?”

“I invite you to please go home to your districts, walk in those shops, walk in those little towns, talk to those people and find out the two things that really inhibit them from being successful are overtaxation and overregulation. We can handle both of those things right here in the People’s House.”

“Let’s talk about what’s good for the American people. That’s who sent us, that’s to whom the responsibility is that we burden—that we have on our shoulders. If we can’t do that, we ought to go home.”

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