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The Regulatory Freeze Act: Legislation to Make the World More Dangerous and...
The so-called Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act, reported out of the House Judiciary Committee earlier today, is the clearest example yet of just how broken the national debate on public protections has...
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Cutting Costs and Courting Contamination: What Food Safety Budget Cuts Mean...
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the federal regulator of meat, poultry, and egg products, faces resource limitations that make it more difficult for the agency to ensure the safety of...
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Vote Imminent on House Bill that Would Shut Down Safeguards
The House will vote later this week on the misleadingly titled "Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act." The bill is a brazen attempt to shut down the system of public safeguards that...
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The Obama Administration's Regulatory Agenda: Many Overdue Rules Need to Be...
Each year, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is supposed to publish two agendas of planned rules and at least one regulatory plan summarizing economically significant rulemakings likely to move...
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Anti-Regulatory Forces Target Agency Science to Undermine Health and Safety...
As committees of the 113th Congress begin to implement their agendas, it is increasingly apparent that environmental and health standards, and the science serving as the basis for these protections,...
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Food Safety Rules the Latest to be Weakened During Regulatory Review
Recently disclosed documents show that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) weakened a proposed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food safety rule. During the regulatory review...
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OMB, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hold Forum on Trade Agreements and Regulations
On April 10, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) co-hosted a two-day stakeholder session with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as part of its annual High Level Regulatory Cooperation Forum. The forum...
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5th Anniversary of Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: Five Safety...
PRESS RELEASE-For Immediate Release- August 5, 20135th Anniversary of Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act:Five Safety Breakthroughs in Five Years Safer products and tools for better consumer...
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ALEC Takes Attacks on Health, Safety Standards to the States
PRESS RELEASE-For Immediate Release- Nov. 13, 2013Contact: Brian Gumm, bgumm@foreffectivegov.org, 202-683-4812ALEC Takes Attacks on Health, Safety Standards to the StatesWASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2013—A...
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Standards and Safeguards in 2013
Agencies rolled out few health, safety, or environmental standards in the first quarter of 2013, despite hopes that President Obama would commit more attention to agencies' regulatory agendas after...
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Rules to Watch (and Wait) for in 2014
Just before Thanksgiving, the White House quietly released the 2013 Unified Agenda, which contains information on a broad range of upcoming regulatory actions, as well as agencies’ regulatory plans...
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House Republicans Return to Attacking Public Health and Environmental...
This week, the House of Representatives will vote on a series of anti-regulatory proposals during a campaign targeting important public health and environmental safeguards. While House Majority Leader...
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Idaho's "Ag-Gag" Law Threatens Transparency, Food Safety, and Workers' Rights
On Feb. 28, Idaho became the seventh state in the country to criminalize filming abusive or otherwise unethical activities on farms. These laws (dubbed "ag-gag" laws) limit transparency and keep...
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Attempts to Use Congressional Review Act for Proposed Rules Threaten All...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has recently taken an unprecedented action by introducing a joint resolution to disapprove of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed...
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Americans Enjoy Major Benefits from Public Health, Safety, Environmental...
PRESS RELEASE-For Immediate Release- July 30, 2014Contact: Brian Gumm, bgumm@foreffectivegov.org, 202-683-4812 Americans Enjoy Major Benefits from Public Health, Safety, Environmental Protections, New...
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