Cory Gardner
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) led a congressional call for the Obama administration to stop issuing non-emergency rules and regulations during the presidential transition.
In a letter to President Obama, Gardner wrote that Americans signaled a clear and direct repudiation of regulatory overreach by federal agencies in the Nov. 8 presidential election.
“The American people have, for the first time since 2007, handed control of both the executive and legislative branches of government to the same majority,” Gardner wrote. “It is our job now to determine the right balance between regulation and free market principles and make sure that our federal government no longer stands between Americans and financial success.”
Gardner specifically cited the Waters of the United States rule, anti-coal rules and Dodd-Frank regulations in arguing that federal agencies continue to issue many new regulations that have a negative impact on the economy.
“Today, we have the opportunity to return to commonsense principles of regulation and curb unnecessary government interference in the private sector,” Gardner wrote. “In doing so, we will grow the economy, create jobs and, above all, help the people who have been overlooked the past eight years.”
U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Hoeven (R-ND), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Shelley Moore Capito (WV) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) were among 22 senators who signed Gardner’s letter to the president.