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Mullin
The Obama Administration left behind a crippling web of job-killing regulations that expanded the size and scope of the federal government in every capacity. I ran for Congress because I watched these regulations crush and eventually end my business, and I wanted to fight for Oklahomans who were experiencing the same problem.
Our government is plagued with overregulation. Luckily, President Trump was a breath of fresh air for many of us. From his first day in office, he made shrinking the size of the federal government a priority. He had a ‘two-for-one’ policy, that required two federal regulations to be removed for each new regulation that was created. He even mandated that our federal agencies create regulatory task forces to take a look at costly and unnecessary regulations that are burdening taxpayers.
President Trump understood that in order for job creators to be successful, we have to get government out of the way. In his first 100 days, President Trump signed 13 pieces of legislation that cut bureaucratic red tape. By eliminating federal overreach, President Trump reduced the financial burdens for American workers and businesses, keeping more money in taxpayers’ pockets.
By contrast, President Biden has been the “big government” president. In just over 100 days, he has signed dozens of job-killing Executive Orders, outlined trillions in new federal spending, created a national security crisis at our border, and attacked our energy industry. It is obvious that President Biden and the radical left will stop at nothing to undo all of the progress made under President Trump. President Biden fails to comprehend that heavy-handed government overreach picks winners and losers in our economy.
This week, House Democrats are continuing their big government agenda by introducing resolutions that would roll back President Trump’s efforts to limit government overreach. One example is a resolution that would reinstate the Obama-era Methane Rule, which is yet another attack on the oil and gas industry. If the Democrats had it their way, they would choose to regulate every aspect of our lives.
President Biden’s regulations will limit our nation’s economic growth and threaten jobs across the country. We all know the government should never be picking winners and losers, but that’s exactly what burdensome regulations do. I will continue to fight to get government out of the way so the American entrepreneurial spirit can thrive.