Searching for and Cutting Regulations That Are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2015

Floor Speech

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Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman.

I rise today as an original cosponsor of the SCRUB Act that relieves the burdensome impact of unnecessary Federal regulation on Americans.

This legislation establishes a systematic process to reduce regulatory costs. It comes at a time when the President continues to limit Americans' economic freedom by issuing new decrees from Washington.

According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Obama administration issued a staggering 82,036 pages of proposed rules just in 2015, eclipsing its own 2010 record. In 2015, that equaled a total of 3,408 rules and regulations.

The weight of Federal regulations is a millstone around the necks of entrepreneurs and small businesses struggling to survive amid economic uncertainty. The SCRUB Act provides a means to cut unnecessary regulations and help the economy recover. It incorporates elements of my own bill, the Regulatory Review and Sunset Act.

Like my bill, the SCRUB Act requires the review of existing regulations to identify those in need of repeal. Under the review process, it prioritizes those regulations with a major economic impact and that impose a disproportionate economic burden on small businesses.

It requires recommendations on regulatory repeal to be presented to Congress for approval. If Congress gives the okay, repeal must happen.

Republicans and Democrats alike support eliminating the costs of unnecessary and obsolete regulations to help economic recovery. The SCRUB Act provides a meaningful, bipartisan mechanism to achieve this goal.

Again, I want to thank the chairman. I urge passage.

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