Among the flood of Executive Orders over the past 8 days, and the uproar of the refugee ban, one important EO has not gotten much attention. Yesterday, Mr. Trump signed an order requiring agencies to repeal 2 regulations for every 1 they issue. The EO is flawed in many ways, and will be good for neither consumers, the environment, workers — really anyone.You can read it here.
Public Citizen's Rob Weissman had this statement yesterday.
US News had this article. the gist of which is "The president's executive order on new regulations is absurd."
The LA Times is also critical, here.
The Consumerist gathers some of the criticism, here.
(Yes, I know that I have not posted any non-critical press.)