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Free to Prosper A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 115th Congress Edited by Ivan Osorio and Gregory Conko
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Introduction | by Kent Lassman vii 1. Regulatory Reform and Agency Oversight 1 Improve Regulatory Oversight and Accountability 6 Rein in Overregulation and Regulatory “Dark Matter” 10 Strengthen Disclosure with a “Regulatory Report Card” 15 Implement a Regulatory Reduction Commission and Sunset Procedures 18 Require Votes on Major or Controversial Rules 20 Implement a Regulatory Cost Budget 22 Restrain the Runaway Administrative State by Reining in Chevron Deference 24 2. Banking and Finance 26 Bring Accountability to the Unaccountable Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 29 Oppose Regulatory Overreach in Financial Services 31 Allow Financial Service Providers to Offer Consumers Innovative New Services through the Growth of FinTech and Crowdfunding 34 Address Too-Big-to-Fail 37
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3. Labor and Employment 40 Reform the Fair Labor Standards Act 41 Reverse the Department of Labor’s Overtime Rule 43 Reform the Worker Classification Process 45 Improve Oversight of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division 48 Reform the National Labor Relations Act and National Labor Relations Board 50 Outlaw Union Violence 53 Prevent Implementation of the NLRB’s Ambush Election Rule 54 Prevent Implementation of the NLRB’s New Joint Employer Standard 55 Protect Worker Pensions by Reforming the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s Multiemployer Program 57 Protect State and Local Taxpayers by Promoting Better Public Pension Governance 61 4. Energy and Environment 64 Repudiate the Paris Climate Agreement 66 Defund the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 68 Overturn or at Least Defund the EPA’s Clean Power Plan 70 Repeal the EPA’s Purloined Power to Legislate Climate Policy 72 Repeal the EPA’s Carbon Dioxide Standards for New Fossil-Fuel Power Plants 74 Oppose Carbon Taxes 77 Prohibit Use of Social Cost of Carbon as a Justification for Regulating Emissions 79 Freeze and Sunset the Renewable Fuel Standard 82 Require all Agencies to Meet Rigorous Scientific Standards 85 Address Unaccountable Environmental Research Programs 87 5. Environmental Protection on Private and Public Lands 89 Reform Environmental Regulation of Private Lands 91 Shrink the Federal Estate 95
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Unlock Federal Lands 97 Restore Resource Production on Federal Lands 99 Remove Bogus Climate Planning from Federal Land Policy 102 6. Technology and Telecommunications 105 Protect Internet Freedom against Burdensome Net Neutrality Mandates 107 Oppose Taxation of Internet Access and E-Commerce 112 Protect Privacy and Cybersecurity by Securing Private Information from Undue Government Prying 113 Empower the Market to Protect Cybersecurity 116 Oppose Burdensome Internet Sales Taxes 118 Modernize Regulation of Television and Media 122 Update Copyright for the Internet Age 125 7. Transportation 128 Modernize America’s Air Travel Infrastructure in the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization 130 Reform Surface Transportation 134 8. Food, Drugs, and Consumer Freedom 136 Protect Consumer Freedom by Ensuring Access to Genetically Engineered Foods 138 Streamline Regulation of Genetically Engineered Plants and Foods 142 Repeal the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard 146 Protect Consumer Food Choice by Opposing FDA Overregulation of Food Additives 150 Protect Consumer Fo
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