NTU, Free Market Coalition Urge Congress to Rein in Regulations


Over 50 Groups to Congress: Use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to Overturn Obama Regulations

Dear Senators and Representatives:

On behalf of the millions of Americans that our organizations represent, we are encouraged to see you take advantage of the unique opportunities afforded by the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The CRA is a powerful way for Congress to reassert its lawmaking authority and partner with the White House in bringing meaningful regulatory relief to millions of Americans across the country.

Congress has an important duty to work with the Trump administration in rolling back the regulatory avalanche of the last eight years. Processing resolutions of disapproval under the CRA is an essential tool for this because overturning regulations via the CRA creates a permanent bar against regulators imposing substantially similar rules in the future without seeking express authorization from Congress.

We therefore applaud your already announced resolutions of disapproval under the CRA, support their timely passage, and urge additional efforts to use the CRA to bring as much permanent regulatory relief to the American people as possible.

Sincerely,

Brent Gardner, Chief Government Affairs Officer
Americans for Prosperity
 
James L. Martin, Founder and Chairman
60 Plus Association
 
Phil Kerpen, President
American Commitment
 
Tim Doyle, Vice President of Policy and General Counsel
American Council for Capital Formation
 
Sean Noble, President
American Encore
 
Gary L. Bauer, President
American Values
 
Coley Jackson, President
Americans for Competitive Enterprise
 
Richard Manning, President
Americans for Limited Government
 
Grover Norquist, President
Americans for Tax Reform
 
Jim Waters, President
Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions
 
David Stevenson, Director, Center for Energy Competitiveness
Caesar Rodney Institute
 
Norm Singleton, President
Campaign For Liberty
 
Andrew F. Quinlan, President
Center for Freedom and Prosperity
 
Jeffrey Mazzella, President
Center for Individual Freedom
 
Kim Crockett, Vice President and General Counsel
Center of the American Experiment
 
Francis X. De Luca, President
Civitas Institute
 
David McIntosh, President
Club for Growth
 
Nick Dranias, President & Executive Director
Compact for America Educational Foundation
 
Kent Lassman, President
Competitive Enterprise Institute
 
Mark Lucas, President
Concerned Veterans for America
 
Thomas Schatz, President
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste
 
Katie McAuliffe, Executive Director
Digital Liberty
 
Craig Richardson, Executive Director
Energy & Environment Legal Institute
 
David Christensen, VP of Government Affairs
Family Research Council
 
Andy Koenig, Vice President of Policy
Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce
 
Adam Brandon, President and CEO
FreedomWorks
 
Andrew Clark, President
Generation Opportunity
 
William A. Estrada, Esq., Director of Federal Relations
Home School Legal Defense Association
 
Wayne Hoffman, President
Idaho Freedom Foundation
 
Carrie Lukas, Managing Director
Independent Women's Forum
 
Heather Higgens, President and CEO
Independent Women’s Voice
 
Andrew Langer, President
Institute for Liberty
 
Jon Sanders, Director of Regulatory Studies
John Locke Foundation
 
Seton Motley, President
Less Government
 
Brett Healy, President
MacIver Institute for Public Policy
 
Dee Hodges, President
Maryland Taxpayers Association
 
Forest Thigpen, President
Mississippi Center for Public Policy 
 
Brent Mead, CEO
Montana Policy Institute
 
Harry C. Alford, President/CEO
National Black Chamber of Commerce
 
Willes K. Lee, President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
 
Pete Sepp, President
National Taxpayers Union
 
William Booher, Interim Executive Director
Pelican Institute for Public Policy
 
Mike Stenhouse, CEO
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
 
Paul J. Gessing, President
Rio Grande Foundation
 
William Whipple III, President
Secure America's Future Economy
 
Teri Christoph, Co-Founder
Smart Girl Politics
 
David Williams, President
Taxpayers Protection Alliance
 
Judson Phillips, Founder
Tea Party Nation
 
Dr. Robert McClure, President and CEO
The James Madison Institute
 
Lisa B. Nelson, CEO
The Jeffersonian Project
 
Daniel Garza, President
The LIBRE Initiative
 
Michael W. Thompson, Chairman and President
Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
 
Carl Bearden, Executive Director
United for Missouri
 
Rose Bogaert, Chair
Wayne County Taxpayers Association
 
Jonathan Downing, CEO
Wyoming Liberty Group