Make it REINS

FreedomWorks’ Adam Brandon writes, “On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, H.R. 1776, if they haven’t already done so. Introduced by Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) as a companion to Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) S. 68 in the Senate, the REINS Act would reaffirm the legislative branch’s Article I constitutional authority by requiring that economically significant rules be approved through a joint resolution of Congress before they are allowed to take effect.

As we like to say, #MakeItREINS. https://t.co/s0dxjjtpKR

— Congresswoman Kat Cammack (@RepKatCammack) November 10, 2021

Although the Trump administration made great progress in rolling back excessive regulations, the regulatory state has become an unconstitutional fourth branch of the federal government that began before and will extend beyond that administration. This trend of growth in bureaucracy has imposed a massive cost compliance burden on businesses and consumers, and the current Biden administration has already taken massive leaps toward reimposing many regulatory costs.

According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, federal regulations cost nearly $1.9 trillion, or approximately $14,000 per family, annually. If the federal regulatory state alone were its own economy, it would be one of the largest economies in the world...

The REINS Act reduces the influence of federal regulatory agencies and begins to reclaim Congress’ Article I authority as the sole law-making branch of the federal government under the Constitution.”