[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 99 (Wednesday, June 7, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              ENACTING A RADICAL AGENDA THROUGH RULEMAKING

  (Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, when President Obama said 
that he would govern with a telephone and a pen, he was setting an 
example for his then-Vice President. Now, the Biden administration has 
attempted to enact a radical agenda through agency rulemaking.
  During his first year in office, President Biden finalized 
regulations that cost taxpayers more than $200 billion. This wasteful 
spending cannot be allowed to continue unchecked.
  It is essential that we pass the REINS Act and ensure that President 
Biden is forced to account for every wasteful dollar. This legislation 
would, once again, assert that Congress and not the far-left Biden 
administration has the power to create law.
  It is time to put a stop to the runaway spending. It is time to end 
the backroom rulemaking that has been a trademark of the Biden 
administration.

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