[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H1020-H1021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 DEREGULATION EMPOWERS FREE ENTERPRISE

  (Mr. STUTZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, the greatest strength of our Nation's 
economy has been its ability to continue to innovate and compete both 
with ourselves and with our counterparts.
  However, over the last 4 years, the American economy has been 
suffocated under the enormity of regulatory burdens implemented under 
the Biden administration. To be clear, the Biden administration cost 
the taxpayers $1.8 trillion through unilateral rulemaking and executive 
orders.
  This brazen abuse of executive power stymied commerce and our free 
markets and directly affected our ability to innovate and remain 
competitive in the international economy.
  The effects of this aggressive regulatory regime was clear: Gas 
prices rose to the highest levels in history, and inflation reached the 
highest levels in decades.
  Due to this, nearly a third of Americans were forced to choose 
between paying their energy bills or for their groceries.
  Mr. Speaker, America is and will continue to be a beacon for free 
enterprise, innovation, and competition. I applaud President Trump for 
his pledge to roll back 10 regulations for any 1 implemented, and I 
look forward to seeing America enter a golden era of prosperity.

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