Goodlatte Supports Marino Bill to Halt Enactment of Rules Over One Billion Dollars

Statement

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today joined Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.) in the introduction of the Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2015 (REVIEW Act) (H.R. 3438). Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) and Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced companion legislation in the Senate (S. 1927).

The legislation would automatically stay the effective dates of new regulations that would cost the economy over one billion dollars when prompt legal challenges to these costliest of rules are filed in court. The stays would remain in place until the legal challenges are finally resolved by the courts.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino issued the following statements following the introduction of the bill:

Chairman Goodlatte: "The regulatory burden Washington passes along to the American people is badly exacerbated when billions of dollars of unnecessary compliance costs must be expended during ultimately successful challenges to unlawful regulations. The bill introduced today will prevent the waste imposed by regulations that the courts ultimately will reject. This will free precious dollars to be spent on the jobs and investment America needs to fully recover from economic hard times. I commend Subcommittee Chairman Marino for introducing this important legislation and I look forward to working with him and our colleagues in the United States Senate to stop the avalanche of regulatory costs that are burdening the American taxpayer."

Subcommittee Chairman Marino:"We often do not realize the impact regulations coming from Washington's bureaucracy have on business and industry in America. But the ripple effect they have within our economy is clear. New regulations are often challenged in the courts but the federal government's long history of steamrolling challenges to these invasive rules has diminished certainty within our economy, at great cost to employees and American families. The status quo process forces mandatory compliance to these rules before the legal process is over. But when challenges are ultimately successful, none of these costs can be recovered or undone. This practice must stop and the REVIEW Act provides a clear and certain path to ensure a proper and thorough examination of the most egregious rules. I thank Chairman Goodlatte for his support, and look forward to swiftly moving this bill through the Judiciary Committee."

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