OMB Head: Trump Admin Eliminating 30 Old Regulations for Each New One

The Trump administration has repealed 30 regulations for each new regulation, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced on Aug. 26. During a Cabinet meeting, Vought noted that a goal of the first Trump administration was to eliminate two regulations for every new regulation issued. In the second administration, he said, the goal has been to eliminate 10 regulations for every new regulation issued. On Jan. 31, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut 10 regulations for every new one put out. “The ever-expanding morass of complicated Federal regulation imposes massive costs on the lives of millions of Americans, creates a substantial restraint on our economic growth and ability to build and innovate, and hampers our global competitiveness,” Trump’s executive order stated....