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Ron Johnson: “Are there that many examples where regulatory agencies are…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

Chairman Johnson's remarks at the HSGAC hearing on regulatory reform

Published September 17, 2015 | Video Starts at 25:42

Again, so I'm sympathetic with duplication in all its forms. And we're trying to figure out a process for elimination. Ms. Dudley, can you comment on that? And you know, Are there that many examples where regulatory agencies are eliminating regulations themselves? No, there aren't. And the retrospective review, I think agencies are not thinking ahead to how they will do retrospective review. (25:42–25:48)

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Implies skepticism about the frequency of regulatory agencies eliminating their own regulations.

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