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Th Daily Caller

GOP Rift Erupts After 57 Republicans Work With Democrats To Protect ‘Orwellian’ Way To Shut Off Cars

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/23/2026

The Daily Caller cited CEI’s expert on government overreach “The vehicle ‘kill-switch’ is precisely the kind of overreach that will empower regulatory agencies to manage…

Business and Government

Citation

Federal agencies drown Americans with unreleased regulatory ‘guidance’

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/17/2026

The Washington Post cited CEI’s Regulatory Dark Matter A bill that passed the House by voice vote last March would give Americans a little more…

Deregulation

Fox News

Levin: There’s no ‘conflict’ between Trump and Congress, just ‘talk’

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/11/2026

Mark Levin from Fox News mentioned CEI’s expert on 10kc report Watch more at Fox News…

Deregulation

The Orange County

America’s AI electricity ‘crisis’ is easily fixed: Unleash market forces

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/09/2026

The Orange County Register cited CEI’s expert on data centers public utility price. Communities are rebelling against the construction of massive data farms.

Business and Government

Orange County Register

America’s AI electricity ‘crisis’ is easily fixed: Unleash market forces

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/09/2026

Orange County Register cited CEI’s expert on data centers Communities are rebelling against the construction of massive data farms. Some opposition…

Deregulation

Reason

Federal Red Tape Plunges Under Trump

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/07/2026

Reason cited CEI’s expert on regulatory activity “While Biden’s 2024 Federal Register totaled 106,109 pages—the highest in history—the 2025 volume closed the year with ‘only’…

Deregulation

Pacific Legal Foundation

Federalism 240 years after the Constitutional Convention: Federalist 32

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/02/2026

Pacific Legal Foundation cited CEI on 10kc Federal regulatory accumulation has swarmed the states and localities with hundreds of requirements. Congress has delegated increasing…

Business and Government

InsideHealthPolicy

Shutdown Stalled Deregulatory Action At HHS, In Congress

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews, Jeremy Nighohossian, Kent Lassman
  • 11/17/2025

“Jeremy Nighohossian, a health policy expert and economist at regulatory reform organization the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), told Inside Health Policy in a statement that…

Business and Government

Politico

How AI could fuel a boom in carbon capture

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/05/2025

Politico cited CEI’s expert on temporary regulations “Many of the ‘rules’ that have been issued under Trump aren’t new mandates at all, but rather rescissions,…

Deregulation

Washington Examiner

Republicans ‘reimagine’ major regulatory reform to fit it in reconciliation bill

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/08/2025

Washington examiner cited CEI’s expert on reform Wayne Crews, vice president for policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told the Washington Examiner that this would give Congress…

Business and Government

930AM The Answer

Federal regulations cost average American household $16,000 a year, group finds

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/25/2025

930AM The Answer cited CEI’s Ten Thousand Commandments report The nonpartisan Competitive Enterprise Institute released its annual Ten Thousand Commandments report Thursday. It shows that total…

Business and Government

Issues & Insights

Can Trump Kill This $2.2 Trillion Regulatory Beast?

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/25/2025

Issues and Insights quoted CEI’s Ten Thousand Commandments report But that barely scratches the surface. Thursday, the Competitive Enterprise Institute released its annual “10,000 Commandments”…

Business and Government

NewsMax

Study: Biden’s ‘Hidden’ Tax on Households Hit $16K in 2024

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/25/2025

NewsMax quoted CEI’s expert on Ten Thousand Commandments report Federal regulations imposed by the Biden administration reached costs of $2.16 trillion in 2024, generating a…

Business and Government

The Washington Times

Federal red ink now costs businesses more than $2.1 trillion per year, report says

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/24/2025

The Washington Times quoted CEI’s expert on 10kc report “Congress should be held accountable for such large regulatory actions,” wrote Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., the…

Business and Government

Daily Caller

Cost Of Regulatory Burdens Reached Staggering Levels In 2024, Report Says

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/24/2025

Daily Caller cited CEI’s expert on Ten Thousand Commandments report Federal regulations added an estimated total cost of a whopping $2.155 trillion for Americans in…

Business and Government

The National News Desk

Biden leaves behind $16,000 hidden tax for everyone

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/24/2025

The National News Desk quoted CEI’s expert on Ten Thousand Commandments report That according to a new report released Thursday from The Competitive…

Business and Government

WSJ Opinion

The Kid Rock-Kamala Coalition

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/02/2025

WSJ Opinion cited CEI’s expert on the U.S. economy Now the White House is attacking secondary markets? Perhaps soon someone will have to explain…

Business and Government

CPAC

Regulatory Tyranny, Congressional Abdication—and the Push to Take It All Back

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 04/01/2025

CPAC cited CEI’s expert on the power of the administrative state. If America is ever going to rein in the unchecked power of the administrative…

CPAC

CPAC 2025 and Beyond: A Roadmap to Lasting Regulatory Reform

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/19/2025

CPAC has CEI’s expert speak on a panel about regulatory reform On Friday, February 21st, 2025, attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)…

Deregulation

Joni Ernst

Ernst Makes President Trump’s Executive Action on Deregulation Permanent

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 02/21/2025

Joni Ernst cited CEI’s expert on the SCRUB Act “The SCRUB Act and its Regulatory Cut-Go procedures mirror the new 10-for-one Trump architecture by requiring reduction that…

Deregulation

Dr. Rand Paul

Dr. Rand Paul Introduces REINS Act to Put Power Back in the People’s Hands

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews, Ryan Young
  • 02/06/2025

Dr. Rand Paul cited CEI’s experts on the REINS Act “Senator Paul’s updated version of the REINS Act is an essential government reform bill that would strengthen…

Daily Caller

It’ll Take More Than EOs For Trump’s Admin To Totally Slay Biden’s Mammoth ‘Whole-Of-Government’ Policy Push

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/29/2025

“Any guidance (regulatory dark matter) can be overturned by Trump, so the Biden EEOC guidance can be eliminated,” Clyde Wayne Crews, Fred L. Smith Fellow…

WSJ

‘Taxpocalypse’ Now

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/30/2024

Joe Biden, Undisputed Champion Of course this item’s headline isn’t about presidential ethics, cognitive strength or fiscal management. But there is at least one category…

Deregulation

The American Spectator

Regulations’ Enormous Costs and DOGE’s Enormous Upside

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/19/2024

The American Spectator cited CEI’s Ten Thousand Commandments Wayne Crews, author of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s “Ten Thousand Commandments” study, produced a price tag that…

Business and Government

Fox News

‘Gov’t knows best’: Biden admin breaks Obama record for filling Federal Register with most regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/09/2024

Fox News quoted CEI’s expert on Federal Register record “Federal Register page counts are a highly imperfect gauge of regulatory burden. Biden’s milestone,…

Business and Government

Washington Examiner

Biden did it: Most regulation-filled Federal Register ever at 96,088 pages

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/03/2024

Washington Examiner cited CEI’s expert on the final number of regulation pages in the Federal Register for Biden’s term Clyde Wayne Crews, the…

Deregulation

Washington Examiner

DOGE target: Paperwork hits 10 billion hours, equals 15,000 lifetimes

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/20/2024

Washington Examiner cited CEI’s expert on financial regulation “For periodic real-time assessments, the OMB maintains an online landing page for ‘Government-Wide Totals for Active Information…

Financial Regulation

E&E News

EPA in Elon Musk’s crosshairs

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/14/2024

E&E News cited CEI’s expert on the EPA’s future under DOGE Wayne Crews, a fellow of regulatory studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market…

Business and Government

Washington Examiner

Biden’s swamp record: $1.8 trillion in regulations, 800x Trump

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/14/2024

The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s experts on tracking regulation Besides breaking the cost burden on America with his regulations, Biden is on a path…

Deregulation

Capitol Matters

Now, About Deregulation . . .

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 11/06/2024

Capitol Matters cited CEI’s expert on regulatory disciplines Wayne Crews, writing in Forbes in September:…

Deregulation

Washington Examiner

Biden poised to crash through regulations records

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/30/2024

Washington Examiner cited CEI’s expert on Biden’s record number of regulations “We could potentially see ourselves crossing the threshold of a 100,000 page Federal…

Deregulation

Washington Examiner

Black voters warned that Harris vote-‘buying’ plan makes them dependent on government

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/22/2024

CEI’s expert was cited by the Washington Examiner on ‘buying votes’ Deregulation expert Clyde Wayne Crews with the Competitive Enterprise Institute said her…

Business and Government

Washington Examiner

Trump and GOP urged to follow model deregulator, Jimmy Carter

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 10/01/2024

Washington Examiner cited CEI’s experts on deregulatory legacy Read more at the Washington Examiner…

Deregulation

Hoover Institution

Where the Candidates Stand on Regulation

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/12/2024

The Hoover Institution cited CEI’s expert on regulatory burdens The US regulatory state is massive. Wayne Crews, the vice president for policy of the Competitive…

Deregulation

Epoch Times

Congress’ Post-Chevron Dilemma: Take Back Power From Agencies or Concede It for Good

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 09/11/2024

Epoch Times cited CEI’s expert on excessive government regulation When federal regulatory expert Wayne Crews was asked recently what Congress should do about excessive government…

Deregulation

Washington Examiner

Most ‘swamp’ managers say voters don’t matter

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/22/2024

The Washington Examiner cited CEI’s experts on regulation decisions Clyde Wayne Crews, the regulation expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told Secrets,…

Deregulation

C-SPAN

Washington Journal discuss 10kc and Biden’s regulatory legacy

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 08/05/2024

David Becker of Center for Election Innovation & Research discusses efforts to increase voter confidence in U.S. elections and Wayne Crews from the Competitive Enterprise…

Deregulation

The Daily Signal

Biden Admin Regulations Cost US Households More Than $15,000 a Year, Report Says

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/30/2024

The Daily Signal cited CEI on the Ten Thousand Commandments Households pay an average of $15,788 in hidden regulatory costs, according to…

Deregulation

National Review

Where to Begin with Regulatory Reform

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/30/2024

National Review cited CEI on 10 Thousand Commandments report utting federal regulations can feel a little bit like being a mosquito in a nudist colony: It’s…

Deregulation

Washington Examiner

Regulations cost families $15,000, Biden-Harris swamp plans more

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/30/2024

Washington Examiner cited CEI on 10KC regulatory reform As bad as those costs seem, they are likely much higher because the administration changed transparency…

Deregulation

The Wall Street Journal

The Trump Economy, Past and Future

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 07/16/2024

The Washington Examiner cites Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies Wayne Crews on deregulation and the Federal Register: The Trump deregulation may have been…

Deregulation

Washington Examiner

Buzz: Household debt to Feds $815,788; Trump-Levin share well-done steaks

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/29/2024

CEI’s Wayne Crews is cited in Washington Examiner on the per-household debt burden: Our friend Clyde Wayne Crews, the regulations expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute,…

Deregulation

Washington Examiner

Biden floods the swamp with record tally of regulations

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/17/2024

CEI’s Wayne Crews is cited in the Washington Examiner on an influx of regulations: Meanwhile the regulations czar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, …

Deregulation

Washington Examiner

Trump and GOP would seek to unravel administrative state after years of Biden-era rulemaking

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/09/2024

CEI’s Wayne Crews is cited in the Washington Examiner on unraveling the administrative state: “They’ve got to flood the zone,” said Wayne Crews, vice…

Deregulation

Brownstone Institute

The Four Sins of ‘Thawteffery’

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/01/2024

CEI’s Wayne Crews Ten Thousand Commandments was cited by the Brownstone Institute in an article: Such coercion stands behind the tax revenue, the money…

Deregulation

E & E News

Murky deadline looms for Biden’s regs

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/21/2024

CEI’s Clyde Wayne Crews is cited in E & E News on a murkey deadline for Biden regulations: The Biden administration “might not be so…

Deregulation

Wall Street Journal

Where the Cheering Stopped

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 03/12/2024

CEI’s Wayne Crews is cited in The Wall Street Journal on the State of the Union address: Budgets Are About PrioritiesWayne Crews writes for the Competitive…

Deregulation

Washington Examiner

Swamp dishes most regulations in nearly three decades

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 01/03/2024

CEI’s Wayne Crews is cited in the Washington Examiner about an uptick in regulations out of Washington D.C.: “The upshot here is that 46…

Deregulation

Washington Examiner

Swamp’s hidden regulations cost $50,000 per employee, lost investment

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/28/2023

CEI’s Clyde Wayne Crews is cited on Washington Examiner about hidden regulation cost: “The choices made 100 years ago in creating and erecting the administrative…

Deregulation

E&E

Want to talk rules? The White House just made it easier.

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 12/21/2023

Wayne Crews is cited on E&E about government rule making: Wayne Crews, a fellow in regulatory studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market think…

Deregulation

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