Press Release: Attorney General Labrador Joins 26 State Coalition Fighting Back Against Federal Overreach
By Press Release • June 21, 2023The following press release was sent out by the office of Attorney General Raul Labrador. Press releases do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of those at the Idaho Dispatch.
Boise, ID – Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined a coalition of 26 state attorneys general pushing back against the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) proposed rule change to increase state regulation. OMB is suggesting a rewrite of Circular A-4, which tells federal agencies how to do their cost benefit analysis.
“Once again, the Biden administration is attempting to game the rules to unlawfully exercise more control over the states. The Office of Management and Budget’s proposal to change the way federal agencies conduct cost-benefit analysis will be used by federal bureaucrats to justify unnecessary spending and new regulation. A thorough cost-benefit analysis requirement places an important check on federal administrative powers and protects Americans against bad policy,” Attorney General Labrador said.
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The attorneys general are “concerned that the Administration is attempting to manipulate the regulatory process by, among other things, adjusting the discount rate and adjusting the time horizon of regulatory analysis so that the putative benefits of regulation always outweigh the costs.”
This proposal is rewriting technical baseline rules to make it easier for the federal government to overstep and regulate the states.
Attorney General Miyares’ letter was joined by Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Read the letter:
2023-06-06-Signed-Comment-Letter-of-Virginia-and-25-Other-States-Circular-A-4-Revisions
Tags: Attorney General Jason Miyares, Attorney General Raul Labrador, Circular A-4, Commonwealth of Virginia, Federal Agencies, Idaho Attorney General, Office of Management and Budget, OMB, Raul Labrador, State regulation
Thank you Attorney General Labrador…once again you’ve shown the traits I’d hoped for when I cast my vote for you. Keep up the excellent work, sir!
Keep up the great work sir !! Our slogan Idaho strong reigns with you in office
Thank you, AG Labrador! You never saw one of these come out when Wasden was in office – more than 20 years! He was bought and paid for just to do NOTHING. Glad we have an AG who is willing to fight back against federal overreach!
And yet the Republican Governor continues to call for more illegals in our state. i went to the circus in Nampa last night id estimate half of the audience were hispanics.