News Home

Wednesday evening, bipartisan regulatory transparency legislation sponsored by Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike McIntyre (D-NC) and Collin Peterson (D-MN) successfully advanced from the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H.R. 899, will fix loopholes within the bipartisan regulatory reform act known as UMRA. Read more »

The House Oversight Committee will soon begin markup of H.R. 899, the “Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2013.” Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) originally introduced the bill in 2011 (then as H.R. 373). The American Action Forum (AAF) originally reviewed the bill here. The current iteration is substantively similar to the version from the 112th Congress. In addition, it maintains a bipartisan set of cosponsors. Read more »

History must serve as our guide to avoid the mistakes of 1986 and of ObamaCare. It is better to improve incrementally the status quo, than force through another well-intentioned, yet ineffective, "comprehensive" measure. The best way to move forward with Read more »

Fortunately, a bill recently introduced by Rep. Virginia Foxx would help prevent this problem Read more »