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Environmental Regulation: How It Evolved and Where It Is Headed
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The Republican sweep of the House and Senate in November 1994 was partly a backlash against growing federal regulation in the areas of health, safety and the environment. This backlash explains why during the first 100 days of the reconfigured Congress, the House of Representatives declared a moratorium on many new regulations, passed a bill requiring agencies to conduct a risk assessment and cost/benefit study before issuing major regulations and proposed a bill to ease the Clean Water Act. While that reform movement has slowed, we can expect to see a resurgence of regulatory reform in the months ahead.
The reasons for the backlash are not hard to find. Increasing regulation has …
