Reining in Big Government with the REINS Act was One of the Topics at the Portland Chamber Lunch

My Field Reprehensive Luis Buentello and I enjoyed catching up with folks at the Portland Chamber lunch. In my keynote, I talked about issues like the REINS act, the need for a long term highway bill and why the Iran deal is bad for America.

One of the ways we can help create and maintain jobs is to stop unnecessary government regulations. One way to do that is the REINS Act which stops unelected bureaucrats at agencies like the EPA from issuing regulations with more than $100 million in economic impact without those rules being approved by an affirmative vote in Congress.

This piece of common sense legislation is one of the issues I talked about when I spoke at the Portland Chamber of Commerce lunch last week at North Shore Country Club. Unfortunately, the Senate has not yet taken up the REINS Act and I doubt President Obama will give up any power by signing the bill. One of the things I’m looking for in a presidential candidate is someone willing to rein in the overgrown federal government and return power from the executive branch to where the Constitution vests that power - in Congress. One way to do that is the REINS act.