Statement - Biden’s Rulemaking Reforms Put the Public Ahead of Corporate Profits
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People Power United is a proud member of the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards. We joined other local, state, and national groups to support sensible regulatory reforms. On behalf of our membership the following announcement went out:
Biden’s Rulemaking Reforms Put the Public Ahead of Corporate Profits
Reforms Increase Public Participation; Protect At-Risk Communities and Scientific Integrity; Prioritize Hard-to-Count Public Benefits, Nature, and Competition
For Immediate Release: Oct. 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden administration has left a proud legacy of rulemaking reforms to protect the public that future administrations should build upon, the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards said today. The Coalition just released a fact sheet detailing the Biden administration’s most significant accomplishments in fixing the regulatory process.
“Historically, rulemaking has been biased to favor big corporations and corporate profits at the public’s expense. While there is still much to do, Biden’s reforms have done a great deal to correct this structural imbalance, so that federal regulations better protect public health and safety as well as our pocketbooks and environment,” said Rachel Weintraub, executive director of the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards. “Together these reforms have made the regulatory process better at protecting the public, more grounded in evidence, more equitable, and more democratic.”
The administration’s most noteworthy reforms direct regulators and federal agencies to:
Account for the intangible benefits of regulation that were previously minimized or completely ignored when developing and updating rules;
Protect scientific integrity, which is essential for developing evidence-based policies and ensuring equity in federal programs, benefits, and services;
Increase public participation in the rulemaking process, so that new and updated rules better reflect the needs and concerns of the ordinary people and communities most affected by them;
Reach out to the most at-risk groups and communities over and above corporate lobbyists and executives;
Reduce paperwork burdens on individuals and families in both accessing and remaining eligible for federal benefits and services; and
Prioritize competitive markets and benefits from the natural world, instead of taking both for granted.
“The Biden reforms will help ensure that regulatory agencies do their job of listening to and protecting the public, not big corporations,” said Robert Weissman, co-president of Public Citizen and co-chair of the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards. “These reforms reverse decades of wrong-headed subservience to regulated industry and should remain foundational for decades to come.”
“The Biden reforms will help ensure that regulations are based on facts, not hearsay,” said Susan Weinstock, CEO of Consumer Federation of America and co-chair of the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards. “These regulatory reforms also promote competition, an important component of a healthy economy where consumers can thrive.”
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