FreedomWorks Foundation’s Formal Comment on FDA’s Proposed Smokeless Tobacco Ban
Today, FreedomWorks Foundation’s Regulatory Action Center (RAC) submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opposing the proposed Tobacco Product Standard for N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN) Level in Finished Smokeless…
Restoring Article I of the Constitution
Throughout the last century, Congress has been delegating a lot of its legislative authority to the executive branch through the creation of new administrative agencies to make new regulations.
Democrats Are Trying to Repeal the Tool Congress Has to Hold the Regulatory State Accountable
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) have introduced legislation that would repeal one of the tools that give Congress greater oversight of actions taken by federal agencies.
Capitol Hill Update: February 13, 2017
The House and Senate are in session this week…
Congress Moves to Cancel Obama-Era Regulations Under the Congressional Review Act
Since the Congressional Review Act became law in 1996 through the 114th Congress, more than 120 resolutions of disapproval have been introduced to cancel regulations promulgated by federal agencies.
FreedomWorks CEO Adam Brandon Comments on Pruitt Vote
Immediately following the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s vote on Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R-Okla.) for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, FreedomWorks CEO Adam Brandon released the following…
Key Vote YES on Resolutions of Disapproval Against Costly Federal Regulations
On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to support resolutions of disapproval against costly regulations promulgated by federal agencies.
REINS Act Adds Teeth to the Congressional Review Act
On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, H.R. 26, by a vote of 237 to 187. This…
Scott Pruitt Applying Our Constitution Will Rein In Bureaucratic Abuses at the EPA
***”All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”*** <Center> - The Constitution…
Legislation to Combat Costly Federal Regulations Will Be Reintroduced in the 115th Congress
Legislation that would go a long way toward restoring Article I of the Constitution and serve as a check on the regulatory state will be reintroduced when the 115th Congress…