Companies authorized to dodge excessive federal regulations under GOP bill
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Sen. Joni Ernst spoke with reporters in her office just before unveiling the Prove It Act of 2023 to coincide with Small Business Week.
"I will actually be sitting down with Ben Cardin very soon, and we're going to talk about a number of pieces that we intend to look out for this upcoming Congress," Ernst said to reporters gathered in her office. "And I'm hoping this will be one of them." Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital.
The bill would empower small businesses to flag federal policies for review that aren't set by Congress in federal law. The burden would then lie on the relevant agency to prove the policy complies with existing federal law – if it fails to do so, the business in question would be exempt from following the rule.