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Ron Johnson: “We can overturn a bunch of these midnight regulations, other…”

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

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Sen. Johnson on CNBC's Squawk Box

Published | Video Starts at 01:04

From my standpoint, the biggest problem, the biggest hindrance to economic growth, growth is overregulation. So we order, We can overturn a bunch of these midnight regulations, other executive orders, we can use a congressional review act to repeal some of these regulations. I think we first do that. It'll inject greater confidence, greater certainty if business owners and entrepreneurs, business managers aren't worrying about, you know, complying with federal regulations, they can concentrate on producing better products and better services at a better price. (01:04–01:13)

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Asserts that midnight regulations and executive orders can be overturned using the Congressional Review Act.

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