Sessions Cosponsors Bill to Limit Federal Agency Rule Making Power

by Jeff Sessions on Wednesday,
September 22, 2010 at 3:54pm

12 GOP Senators Urge Congressional Oversight of Major Regulations Affecting the Economy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, was joined by 11 other Senators to introduce the REINS (Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny) Act. This legislation is intended to restore accountability to the process by which federal agencies finalize major regulations by requiring congressional approval for major regulatory actions. Cosponsors of the REINS Act include U.S. Senators Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Ensign (R-Nevada), Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), John Thune (R-South Dakota), David Vitter (R-Louisiana), and Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi). U.S. Congressman Geoff Davis (R-Kentucky) plans to offer companion legislation in the U.S. House.

"We must put a stop to the reckless and costly anti-free market regulations that are destroying jobs,â€