The Blue Dog Coalition examines the thousands of regulations issued annually by the federal government with the objective of identifying those that are overly burdensome and modifying rules problematic to job creation.
Oversight and Regulatory Review: Blue Dogs send letter to heads of 12 major independent federal agencies
On January 18th of this year, President Obama issued Executive Order 13563 calling on every federal agency to review their regulations to ensure they “promote predictability and reduce uncertainty,” “take into account benefits and costs,” and “identify and use the best, most innovative, and least burdensome tools for achieving regulatory ends.”
However, independent agencies are not subjected to the executive order, and to date, only one has voluntarily implemented the requirement.
The Blue Dogs believe that overly burdensome and outdated regulations slow economic growth and impede job creation. That is why members of the Blue Dog Coalition leadership sent letters to the heads of 12 major independent federal agencies requesting that they comply with the executive order and conduct an open and transparent regulatory review.
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Commodities Futures Trading Commission
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
International Trade Commission
National Credit Union Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Security Exchange Commission
Blue Dogs are taking steps to cut red tape and remove outdated regulations that slow job creation
On May 10, 2011, members of the Blue Dog Coalition, under the leadership of Congressman Ben Chandler (KY-06) and Congressman Tim Holden (PA-17), sent a letter to Dr. Elizabeth Warren, Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, addressing overly burdensome financial regulations that slow job growth and fail to improve consumer protections.
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On June 1, 2011, members of the Blue Dog Coalition, under the leadership of Congressman Ben Chandler (KY-06) and Congressman Tim Holden (PA-17), sent a letter to Dr. Donald Berwick, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), advocating that the agency eliminate unnecessary paperwork that is overly burdensome to home health care providers and consumers.
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