Ten Thousand Commandments Regulatory Briefing

Join the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) for a Capitol Hill lunch briefing with Rep. Harriet Hageman on the 2026 edition of Ten Thousand Commandments, our annual report on the cost and scope of federal regulation, authored by Clyde Wayne Crews, CEI’s Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies.

For 30 years, Ten Thousand Commandments has tracked the vast burden of federal regulations on the U.S. economy. This year’s report estimates regulatory costs at $2.153 trillion annually, averaging $15,859 per household, and highlights the growing imbalance between congressional lawmaking and agency rulemaking.

Rep. Hageman has been a leading voice in Congress on regulatory reform, separation of powers, and limiting federal overreach. The discussion will explore the report’s findings and key reforms Congress can pursue to increase accountability, reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens, and ensure major policy decisions are made by elected lawmakers rather than unelected bureaucrats.

The event will feature remarks from Rep. Harriet Hageman and Clyde Wayne Crews, moderated by CEI President Kent Lassman. Lunch will be provided. Space is limited.

When: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm, Monday, July 13, 2026
Where: South Congressional Meeting Room, CVC 217

For the purposes of congressional ethics rules, this is a widely attended event.

Representative Harriet Hageman was first elected in 2022 and distinguished herself as a leading voice in the House on regulatory reform and free market issues. Rep. Hageman is a member of the Republican Study Committee and the House Freedom Caucus and sits on both the House Judiciary Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee. Since being sworn in, Rep. Hageman has championed several measures to curb executive overreach and promote separation of powers, including the POWER Act, a measure that would require the President and federal agencies to obtain the approval of Congress before prohibiting or delaying new energy, coal, or mineral leases or permits on federal lands. Before being elected to Congress, Hageman litigated before agency administrative law courts on various energy and environmental issues during her time at the New Civil Liberties Alliance. She holds a J.D. from the University of Wyoming.

Clyde Wayne Crews is the Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. His work explores the impact of government regulation of free enterprise. Crews is the author of the annual report Ten Thousand Commandments. Before joining CEI, he worked at the Cato Institute, the U.S. Senate, and the Food and Drug Administration. He holds an M.B.A. from William and Mary and a B.S. from Lander College in Greenwood, South Carolina.

Kent Lassman has served as president and CEO at the Competitive Enterprise Institute since 2016, overseeing strategy and operations for the free-market organization. As president, Lassman brings to CEI more than 30 years of public policy, research, and executive management experience. His previous roles included strategy, research, and communications at FreedomWorks, Citizens for a Sound Economy, and The Progress & Freedom Foundation. From 2003 to 2008, he served on the President’s Advisory Council for the State Policy Network. He was the founding director and on the faculty of the Institute for Regulatory Law & Economics. From 2001 to 2006, he served as an advisor to the Task Force on Telecommunications & Information Technology at the American Legislative Exchange Council.