Andy Biggs Emphasizes The Importance Of Trump’s ‘Deregulatory Agenda’: Puts ‘American Businesses First’

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During a House Oversight Committee hearing before the congressional recess, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) discussed President Trump's focus on deregulation of Government agencies.

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00:00The question is now on the amendment in the nature of a substitute. All those in

00:10favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed signify by saying no. No.

00:15In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The amendment is agreed to. Request a

00:19recorded vote. Pursuant to House Rules, further proceedings on this measure will

00:23be postponed. The ranking member Lynch withdraws. The question is now on

00:34favorably reporting HR 2409 as amended. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye.

00:39All those opposed signify by saying no. No. In the opinion chair, the ayes have it.

00:44The bill is ordered favorably. Now I request a recorded vote. A recorded vote is

00:50ordered as previously announced. Further proceedings on the question will be

00:52postponed. Our next item for consideration is HR 67, Modernizing Retrospective

01:00Regulatory Review Act. The clerk will please designate the bill. HR 67, the

01:04Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act, a bill to require the Office of

01:08Information and Regulatory Affairs, OIRA, to issue guidance for using technology to

01:13retrospectively review existing federal regulations and in consultation with

01:17relevant agencies. Report on the progress of the federal government in making

01:21agency regulations available in a machine readable format. Without objection, the

01:25bill should be considered as read and open for amendment in point. Without

01:27objection to order, the chair recognizes himself to offer an amendment in the nature of

01:30substitute. The clerk please designate amendment. An amendment in the nature of a

01:34substitute to HR 67 as offered by Mr. Comer of Kentucky. Without objection, the

01:38amendment is considered as read and the substitute will be considered as

01:40regional text for the purpose of further amendment. I now recognize the sponsor of the

01:43bill. Representative Biggs from Arizona for five minutes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

01:48Thank you for taking up this bill today. I support, obviously, my bill HR 67, the

01:53Modernizing Retrospective Regulatory Review Act. This bill builds on President

01:57Trump's deregulatory agenda, which is to cut red tape, restore accountability, and put

02:01American businesses first. Under his leadership, we've seen how pro-growth

02:06policies lift burdens and unleash opportunity. HR 67 carries that mission

02:11forward. American businesses must be free to grow without being buried under

02:15outdated, duplicative rules from the DC swamp. Thousands of regulations stack up

02:20every year, and agencies lack the tools to clear them out. President Trump

02:24understands this. That's why HR 67 matters. It brings in modern tools like

02:29artificial intelligence to help agencies identify obsolete or conflicting rules

02:34faster and more efficiently. I also want to highlight support from the

02:38Administrative Conference of the United States, which is an independent agency

02:42that advises the President, Congress, and federal agencies on improving

02:45administrative process. And I ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a

02:49letter from the Office of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the

02:52United States, which highlights the ACUS recommendations that are included in my

02:57bill. Without objection, it's ordered. Thank you. HR 67 saves taxpayer dollars, cuts red tape, and clears a path for

03:04American Job Creators. I urge my colleagues to support it. And with that, Mr. Chairman, I'll yield back.

03:10Chairman Yellman yields back. Chair now recognizes Mr. Lynch for five minutes.

03:14Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I cannot accept the current form of this bill. I cannot

03:21support it. The bill would require the Administrator of the Office of Information and

03:25Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget to issue a report

03:29within six months on the progress of the federal government in making regulations

03:35available in a machine-readable format. This is a laudable goal. However, the bill

03:41would also require the Administrator to issue guidance, we go with guidance, within one

03:48year on how agencies can use technology to identify through retrospective review of

03:53regulation typographical errors and inaccurate cross-references. These are reasonable steps to

03:59help modernize the regulatory process. However, the bill adds onerous new requirements for

04:06the agencies to submit detailed plans for which regulations they plan to retrospectively

04:11review and to implement those plans beginning six months after they are submitted. The bill

04:17also creates an open-ended authority, giving agency heads the discretion to review regulations

04:25when such review is not required by statute. So when we compare the previous bill, which undermined

04:34guidance, this adds a layer of guidance further confusing the overall intent of Congress in the statute.

04:47This could be a dangerous tool in the wrong hands and allow for more resources being used on reviewing rules

04:55rules than actually writing those rules, which I suspect would please the author of this bill.

05:01I have a letter from the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards that addresses these issues and I

05:08ask unanimous consent to include it in the record. Without objection, so ordered. With that, Mr. Chairman,

05:14I yield back. Gentlemen, I yield back. I now recognize myself to speak in favor of

05:19Representative Biggs' bill. As the regulatory state grows, Congress must ensure agencies review the

05:23regulations that currently exist. Many agencies are already required to engage in periodic retrospective review.

05:29Retrospective review. Retrospective review helps agencies decide if the current

05:33manner of conspiracy failure will come to thenell either contaminants will be mentioned.

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