Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law
Washington, D.C. – Today, Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.) introduced H.R. 526, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (FACT Act). Similar legislation passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote last Congress.
Washington, D.C. – Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 185, the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA), by a vote of 250-175. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congressman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) introduced the legislation.
The RAA is a strong, bipartisan solution to the problem of overreaching, ill-considered, and excessively costly federal regulation. The bill requires the Executive Branch to fulfill the goals set by Congress in the least costly way with better public input to find the most efficient regulatory solutions.