I will work in a bipartisan way to reduce regulations on small businesses and undo over-burdensome, job-killing red tape.

In order to create an economic environment that allows for job growth, we also need to reduce regulations on small businesses. Excessive red tape makes it harder for small business owners—the true backbone of our economy—to turn the key in their door every day. Moreover, an explosion of government-imposed regulation is weighing down the economy and hurting families. I’m committed to working in a bipartisan way to undo over-burdensome, job-killing red tape.

Mast commits to bipartisan work to reduce regulations on small businesses and undo what he calls job-killing red tape.

Boosting Jobs & Economic Growth - Congressman Brian Mast
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Congress.gov records S.2155 as becoming Public Law No. 115-174 on May 24, 2018. The law included regulatory-relief provisions for smaller depository institutions, including a community bank leverage ratio for banks under $10 billion, Volcker Rule exemptions for banks under $10 billion with limited trading activity, reduced call-report requirements for certain small institutions, and expanded capital-formation exemptions.

A bipartisan regulatory-relief bill became law during Mast's first House term, delivering concrete deregulation in the financial sector, including relief for smaller banks and capital formation.

delivered same_term A for effort

Congress.gov, S. 2155, 115th Congress, Public Law 115-174
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 216 on S.2155 as passed, 258-159, with 225 Republicans and 33 Democrats voting yea. Brian Mast, Republican of Florida, voted Yea.

Mast voted for final House passage of an enacted regulatory-relief bill that had measurable bipartisan support.

delivered same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call 216, S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
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Congress.gov records H.R.5 as passed by the House on January 11, 2017, 238-183. The bill included the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act, expanding federal agency rulemaking requirements for rules affecting small entities and requiring agencies to consider direct and reasonably foreseeable indirect economic effects on small entities.

The bill directly addressed federal regulatory burdens on small entities and passed the House, but it did not become law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.5 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017
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The House Clerk records H.R.5 passage as 238 yeas and 183 nays, including 233 Republican yeas and 5 Democratic yeas. Brian Mast, Republican of Florida, voted Yea.

Mast supported House passage of a small-business regulatory reform bill with some bipartisan support, though the measure stalled in the Senate.

partial same_term A for effort

House Roll Call 45, H.R.5
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Congress.gov records H.R.78 as passed by the House on January 12, 2017, 243-184. The bill would require the SEC to adopt regulations only after determining benefits justify costs, assess alternatives, consider impact on small businesses, and periodically review regulations to modify, streamline, expand, or repeal excessively burdensome rules.

The bill targeted regulatory cost-benefit review and small-business impacts at the SEC, but it only passed the House and did not become law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.78 - SEC Regulatory Accountability Act
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The House Clerk records H.R.78 passage as 243-184, with 234 Republican ayes and 9 Democratic ayes. Brian Mast, Republican of Florida, voted Aye.

Mast voted for SEC regulatory-relief legislation that had limited Democratic support, showing concrete bipartisan House action but not enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

House Roll Call 51, H.R.78
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Congress.gov records H.J.Res.83 as becoming Public Law No. 115-21 on April 3, 2017. The joint resolution nullified a Department of Labor rule concerning employers' continuing obligation to make and maintain work-related injury and illness records.

Congress and the President enacted a regulatory rollback affecting employer recordkeeping obligations during Mast's first term.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.J.Res.83 - Disapproving Department of Labor Recordkeeping Rule
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The House Clerk records H.J.Res.83 as passed, 231-191, with 227 Republican ayes and 4 Democratic ayes. Brian Mast, Republican of Florida, voted Aye.

Mast voted for an enacted Congressional Review Act resolution undoing an employer recordkeeping rule; the House vote had limited bipartisan support.

delivered same_term A for effort

House Roll Call 121, H.J.Res.83
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