Rep. Marino Champions Complete Overhaul of Federal Regulations
Press Release
Congressman Tom Marino, PA-10, Lycoming County championed H.R. 185, the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) on the floor of the House of Representatives today. Alongside Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Marino spoke with excitement and confidence as he urged his colleagues to support the RAA's passage so it can move to the Senate. The RAA passed the House in both the 112th and 113th Congress but received no action in the Senate.
Federal regulation has accumulated to overwhelming levels and is estimated to stifle $1.86 trillion worth of economic growth in America every year; roughly amounting to $15,000 per American household.
Congressman Marino and his colleagues have worked together in a bipartisan way on this sensible regulatory reform bill to address the problem and outline a positive solution. The RAA requires the Executive Branch to fulfill its statutory directives, set by Congress, and complete them in the most cost effective way. It also requires more public transparency and input.
Congressman Marino said the following of the bill and its broad implications for America's economy:
"This bill outlines many of the regulatory reforms which the president has said he wanted to see our government implement back in 2011, so he has no excuse to threaten a veto this time. This bill should arrive at his desk with his pen at the ready.
Large corporate employers, small business owners, farmers, manufacturers and constructors have to dig through and comply with mountains of regulations which drive costs up and leave no choice but to pass those costs on to consumers, offer lower wages to employees, and, most importantly, leave millions of Americans underemployed or unemployed.
I am extremely thankful to Chairman Goodlatte and my colleagues who have joined this effort. We are ready for further actions beyond the House and I am encouraged that our regulatory reform agenda starts today with the passage of the Regulatory Accountability Act."
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