Federal regulations often do more harm than good. Every year, government agencies impose thousands of regulations on the backs of hard-working taxpayers, families, and businesses. These executive agencies abuse vague legislation to issue rules, without the consent of Congress and without consideration of their impact on our lives, jobs, or the economy as a whole.
Agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seem more interested in harassing industry, agriculture, and energy producers out of business to pursue an ideological agenda than ensuring commonsense standards.
Particularly, some of the most egregious abuses of agency power have been forced on our agriculture community. In recent years, the federal government has attempted to regulate farm dust, prohibit children from helping on their family farms, deploy OSHA inspectors on small farms, and apply the Clean Water Act to non-navigable waters. I have opposed and fought each of these efforts.
I believe we must reform the regulatory process as a whole. One change I’ve helped champion would require Congressional consent before regulations with a significant impact on the economy could be imposed on the American people.
Together, we can continue to block and unwind the constricting red tape impacting Nebraskans and people across the country.