I will work to eliminate burdensome, overreaching rules and regulations, like WOTUS, and put real limits on federal agencies’ regulatory and rulemaking authority.
Put real limits on federal agencies' regulatory and rulemaking authority.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Mike Flood as sponsor of H.J.Res.64, identifies S.J.Res.28 as an identical bill, and reports that S.J.Res.28 became Public Law No. 119-11 on May 9, 2025. The CRS summary says the measure nullifies the CFPB final rule defining larger participants in the digital consumer payment application market subject to CFPB supervisory authority.
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GovInfo lists H.R.142 as the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025, with Mike Flood among the cosponsors. The full title says it would amend chapter 8 of title 5 so major executive branch rules have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law; the listed action was introduction and referral to House committees on January 3, 2025.
Assessments
Flood materially advanced limits on agency regulatory authority in the 119th Congress by sponsoring H.J.Res.64, the House CRA companion to S.J.Res.28, which became Public Law 119-11 on May 9, 2025 and nullified a CFPB supervisory rule for large digital payment app participants. That is a real federal regulatory rollback in his same congressional term. However, the broader promise implies structural or general limits on federal agencies' rulemaking authority; his broader REINS Act vehicle, H.R.142, was only introduced and referred to committees and was not enacted. The record supports concrete but narrow delivery, not full fulfillment of the broader commitment.