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National Federation of Independent Business calls plan to restore Congressional authority a step toward containing bureaucracy
Washington, D.C. (June 16, 2016) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) applauds the release of Speaker Paul Ryan’s and the House Republican’s agenda for restoring Congressional authority as laid out in the U.S. Constitution.
“Small business owners consistently tell us that regulations and red tape are among their top problems,” said NFIB President and CEO Juanita Duggan.
“Regulators routinely ignore the concerns of small business in part because they don’t answer to voters.”
The plan from House Republicans lays out various strategies for restoring Congressional power. This includes writing bills that contain precise language to limit executive discretion, reforming the Administrative Procedure Act to make the regulatory process more transparent and cost-effective, and using the appropriations process to enforce executive compliance with Congressional intent. NFIB supports these and other strategies for limiting executive power.
“Vaguely written laws allow federal agencies to create new red tape decades after Congress passed the original legislation,” said Duggan. “Congress has to
reassert its constitutional power. That means writing laws that give agencies clear boundaries, not statutes that give them a blank check to expand federal power.”
