The Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) has expressed support for the White House’s recent decision to remove the 2009 “endangerment finding,” a policy established during the Obama administration that allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broad regulatory authority over economic activities. The TPA’s reaction follows comments from Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who stated that the finding “has had an enormously negative impact on the lives of the American people. For more than 15 years, the U.S. government used the finding to pursue an onslaught of costly regulations – raising prices and reducing reliability and choice on everything from vehicles to electricity and more.”
David Williams, President of TPA, commented:
“After 16 long years of overregulation and unconstitutional overreach, President Trump is absolutely right to finally end the endangerment finding. The determination had given bureaucrats a blank check to enact heavy-handed regulations that impact everything from vehicle manufacturing to oil and natural gas refining and processing. It shifted enormous policymaking power from Congress to unelected officials. Today’s decision restores accountability and signals that lawmakers, not unelected bureaucrats, are in the driver’s seat.
“Regulations stemming from the endangerment finding have carried staggering compliance costs totaling more than $1 trillion. At a time of stubbornly high inflation, policymakers should be doing everything possible to lower costs on households and businesses. Today’s decision is a big step in that direction and will unleash innovation across the economy. New technologies, including those combatting pollution, need less red tape and lower costs to thrive, not onerous rules from Washington, D.C.
“TPA applauds President Trump for putting taxpayers and consumers ahead of reckless and unaccountable bureaucrats. There is plenty more red tape to cut, and we look forward to more free-market reforms from the White House.”
The TPA is based in Washington D.C., operating as a non-profit organization since its founding in 2011 with David Williams as its current president. Its mission focuses on promoting government transparency by educating citizens about how excessive taxation and spending affect all levels of government through research and analysis.
