Washington, D.C. — Congressman Steve King says that overregulation is causing added expense for agriculture and small business, and last week called for greater review and the sunsetting of these regulations.
King is a member of the House Small Business Committee, the House Agriculture Committee, and the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy, and Trade. The Subcommittee, which is chaired by Iowa Congressman Rod Blum, was titled “Accelerating Agriculture: How Federal Regulations Impact America’s Small Farmers.”
During his remarks, Congressman King questioned the extent to which Congress has delegated its regulatory responsibilities to the Executive Branch. King also expressed his continued support for the “Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny” or “REINS” Act — legislation he voted for in the House that would subject regulations which cost more than $100 million to a strict Congressional approval process.
But King expressed his concerns about the economic impact of currently existing regulations that would be grandfathered in by the REINS Act.
Congressman King says this would ensure that American small businesses and American agriculture are not swamped in costly red tape and burdened by overregulation.
