GOP Budget Proposal: Regulations

POLICY ON FEDERAL REGULATION

It is the policy of this resolution that Congress should, in consultation with the public burdened by excessive regulation,   enact legislation that—

(1) seeks to promote economic growth and job  creation by eliminating unnecessary red tape and  streamlining and simplifying Federal regulations;

(2) pursues a cost-effective approach to regulation, without sacrificing environmental, health, safety benefits or other benefits, rejecting the premise   that economic growth and environmental protection

create an either/or proposition

(3) ensures that regulations do not disproportionately disadvantage low-income Americans through a more rigorous cost-benefit analysis, which  also considers who will be most affected by regulations and whether the harm caused is outweighed by the potential harm prevented;

(4) ensures that regulations are subject to an open and transparent process, rely on sound and  publicly available scientific data, and that the data relied upon for any particular regulation is provided  to Congress immediately upon request;

(5) frees the many commonsense energy and water projects currently trapped in complicated bureaucratic approval processes;

(6) maintains the benefits of landmark environmental, health safety, and other statutes while scaling back this administration’s heavy-handed approach to regulation, which has added $494 billion in mostly ideological regulatory activity since 2009,  much of which flies in the face of these statutes’ intended purposes; and

(7) seeks to promote a limited government,   which will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs, providing our Nation with a strong  and prosperous future and expanding opportunities  for the generations to come.