I will continue advocating for reduced government regulations to ease the unnecessary burdens on business.
He will continue advocating for reduced government regulations to ease burdens on business.
Occurrences
Government spending and regulation will not lead us to prosperity – only a vibrant private sector will.
The best way to provide children with quality education is to have local governments determine the best curricula for their students, not through federal micromanagement.
Evidence
Harris said the FY2027 Agriculture Appropriations Act would restore fiscal discipline and, in the bill summary, explicitly aimed at reining in harmful Biden-era regulations that dictate how poultry and livestock producers raise and market their animals.
The homepage's latest news item says Harris met with the Energy Secretary and sent a letter urging DOE action to preserve critical power generation capacity in Maryland and strengthen grid reliability across the PJM region.
Harris, as Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee chair, praised House passage of FY2027 Agriculture appropriations and highlighted language aimed at reining in Biden-era rules for poultry and livestock producers.
GovInfo bill text identifies H.R. 8646 as reported by Mr. Harris of Maryland from Appropriations for FY2027 agriculture and related agencies funding.
Harris said he met with Energy Secretary Chris Wright and sent a letter urging DOE action to keep Maryland generating stations operating, criticizing green-energy mandates for raising costs for families and businesses.
Harris announced NOAA recreational fishing measures and said that, after his office's engagement, NOAA addressed a delay and provided economic certainty to the Ocean City and Mid-Atlantic recreational fishing industry.
The House passed H.J. Res. 35, disapproving EPA's Waste Emissions Charge rule for petroleum and natural gas systems; the roll call lists Harris (MD) voting Yea.
Public Law 119-2 disapproved EPA's Waste Emissions Charge rule for petroleum and natural gas systems and provided that the rule has no force or effect.
The House passed H.J. Res. 20, disapproving DOE energy conservation standards for consumer gas-fired instantaneous water heaters; the roll call lists Harris (MD) voting Yea.
Public Law 119-6 disapproved DOE's energy conservation standards for consumer gas-fired instantaneous water heaters and made the rule ineffective.
The House passed H.R. 26, the Protecting American Energy Production Act; the roll call lists Harris (MD) voting Yea.
The engrossed bill states that states should keep primary authority over hydraulic fracturing regulation and bars a presidential moratorium unless Congress authorizes it.
Assessments
The promise was broad and advocacy-based: Harris said he would continue pushing to reduce regulations that burden businesses. The evidence shows same-term federal action consistent with that promise, including votes for deregulatory Congressional Review Act resolutions that became law, support for energy and hydraulic-fracturing regulatory limits, agency pressure on NOAA fishing measures, and committee advancement of FY2027 agriculture appropriations language aimed at rolling back poultry and livestock rules. Because the promise was to advocate and he materially did so in office, with some supported deregulatory outcomes enacted during the same term, it is best scored as delivered.
The promise was to continue advocating for reduced regulations, not necessarily to secure final deregulation outcomes. The evidence shows Harris recently used his office to press for regulatory relief and criticize or seek rollback of regulations affecting businesses, including agricultural producers and regional energy reliability, during his current term. That is sufficient to count the advocacy promise as delivered in the same term.