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House GOP Policy Committee to Hold Hearing on Bureaucracy’s Battle Against Fracking

Sep. 12, 2024 /

House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), Rep. Eric Nelson (R-Hempfield) and other lawmakers will host a hearing titled “Opportunity Lost: Bureaucracy’s Battle Against Fracking” to address the impact of policies that threaten to eliminate thousands of jobs, leave families without sustainable incomes and push our energy grid to the brink of failure. This hearing will spotlight bureaucratic hurdles Pennsylvania companies face and the urgent need to defend our energy independence and protect the livelihoods of hard-working Pennsylvanians.

House Republicans Get Results on Reducing Outdated Regulations, Red Tape

Sep. 11, 2024 /

Harrisburg – Pennsylvania House Republicans announced today that the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) – which is responsible for final approval of all state government regulations – adopted recommendations from six House committees to repeal outdated and unneeded regulations on September 11, 2024. Today’s action follows a coordinated effort by House Republicans in September of 2022 to request that IRRC review scores of regulations under Section 8.1 of the Regulatory Review Act.

Cutler: IRRC Finds Numerous Regulations No Longer in Public Interest

Sep. 11, 2024 /

HARRISBURG – House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) today applauded the work of the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) in completing a two-year-long review of existing regulations started at the direction of House Republicans and various standing committees in 2022, finding numerous regulations are no longer in the public interest.

Ecker, Policy Committee Host Hearing on Cost and Benefits of Doing Business in Pennsylvania

Sep. 10, 2024 /

SHIPPENSBURG— Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) and the House Republican Policy Committee, led by Chairman Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), convened a hearing today on challenges and opportunities within Pennsylvania’s business environment with the goal of identifying innovative solutions that can enhance the Commonwealth’s economic competitiveness, support local enterprises and attract new investment.

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