The Government Operations, Oversight & Consumers Affairs Committee develops Chamber policy related to regulatory process reform, regulatory review, and reducing the burden of federal rules.
Chairman: Harry C. Alford, President & CEO, National Black Chamber of Commerce
Staff Executive: Keith Holman, Senior Policy Counsel and Managing Director, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The Government Operations, Oversight & Consumer Affairs Committee has broad oversight responsibility for the federal government’s regulatory processes, the procedural operation of government agencies, and consumer affairs, with a specific focus on consumer products. It is responsible for developing and carrying out policy on regulatory process reform, proper delegation and use of statutory authority, regulatory review, and other proposals directed at taming the growth and reducing the burden of federal regulations, including regulatory flexibility, paperwork reduction, regulatory accountability, cost/benefit legislation, sound science, and data access and quality. In addition, it monitors the oversight activities of Congress.
The committee complements other Chamber policy committees -- deferring to the substantive expertise of others, providing another avenue for making certain that the proper review processes are followed, and ensuring that federal regulatory activities are necessary and the least burdensome alternatives for implementing federal regulations are adopted.
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Dear Chairman Gowdy and Ranking Member Cummings: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports H.R. 50, the “Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017.”
Dear Chairman Murkowski and Ranking Member Cantwell: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce applauds you for conducting a hearing to examine the permitting processes at Department of Interior (DOI) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for energy and resource infrastructure projects.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Questions for the Record from Hearing Entitled “Cutting through the Red Tape: Oversight of Federal Infrastructure Permitting and the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council”U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Statement of the U.S. Chamber of CommerceOn: Hearing on "Cutting Through the Red Tape: Oversight of Federal Infrastructure Permitting and the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council"To: U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Statement for the Record of the U.S. Chamber of CommerceON: Hearing on “Examining Policy Impacts of Excessive Litigation Against the Department of the Interior”TO: U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsDATE: June 28, 2017
Statement of the U.S. Chamber of CommerceON: Hearing on Examining "Sue and Settle" Agreements: Part I
"Sue and Settle Updated: Damage Done 2013-2016" updates the Chamber’s 2013 report, "Sue and Settle: Regulating Behind Closed Doors". The study found that EPA increased its use of sue and settle agreements under the Clean Air Act since the last report.
This report seeks to inform policymakers and the public about the number and type of regulations that impose the greatest impact on the business community, consumers, and ultimately the U.S. economy.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
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