Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015

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Mr. BABIN. Mr. Chair, as a cosponsor of H.R. 427 I rise in strong support of the REINS Act.

Our bill is imperative to ensuring that federal agencies, and those in the White House, are held accountable for the expensive and intrusive regulations they are imposing on the American people.

The REINS Act simply requires an up or down vote by Congress on any costly regulation proposed by a federal agency before it is allowed to take effect.

This is a common sense check on regulators who too often ignore the impact of their job-killing regulations.

The United States was founded on the principle of separation of powers, a system that exists to protect the people from the unchecked, unilateral actions of a faceless bureaucracy.

Unfortunately, the current Administration has issued regulations at record levels and ventured into new regulatory areas that go far beyond the originally authorized regulatory authority.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that over the last five years, the Obama Administration has issued 82 ``major rules''--or rules with more than $100 million in economic impact--each year.

Bureaucratic red tape and costly mandates have forced small businesses to close up shop, have resulted in other businesses laying off workers and have made U.S. businesses less competitive.

America's job-creators and small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities, and our economy, and we cannot stand by and let them be overrun by rules and regulations. It's time to rein in the regulators and bring some accountability to their unchecked power.

The American people deserve a government that is both accountable for their actions and one that operates under a structure meant to protect their freedoms.

I believe it's time that we stand up and put a stop to this abuse of power, and the REINS Act is a critical step towards the achievement of that goal.

I'm standing with hard-working Americans, the nation's small businesses and America's job-creators. Let's pass H.R. 427 and restore common sense in our government.

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