EDITORIAL: Trump sets ambitious regulatory agenda
Las Vegas Review-Journal cites CEI’s expert on rules and regulations
Indeed, the Competitive Enterprise Institute reports that the number of pages in the Federal Register — the repository for federal rules and regulations — hit an all-time high at the end of Barack Obama’s presidency. A year later under Mr. Trump, that number fell 36 percent.
The size of the Federal Register proceeded to climb during the next three years, but the institute notes that this could be the result of the fact that even deregulatory efforts require action by federal agencies.
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