Website aims to collect info on 'burdensome' regulations
Stearns is getting input on which laws are thought to be stifling economic growth.
Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., wants you to tell him about "burdensome" federal regulations.
Stearns, chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, said Wednesday he is working to set up a website where people can identify regulations that they think are stifling economic growth.
"It is the American people who must comply with these regulations and pay their costs, and I am asking them to report any burdensome regulations that hurt the economy," Stearns said. "I am working with the Energy & Commerce Committee to establish this section on the Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee's web page."
Until that page is set up, Stearns has established a section on his website where constituents can report offending regulations.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., launched a similar effort before officially taking over his post, reaching out to a range of businesses to tell him which government regulations are stifling economic growth.