Get rid of federal regulations that add costs to families and government.

Steve Scalise · Louisiana · Republican

policy impact 0.64 specificity 0.55 extraction confidence 80%

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One of the things we can do to help pay for it is to get rid of some of the radical regulations that are adding cost to families. It also adds cost to government when you have all these rules and regulations coming out of every federal agency.

Scalise identified eliminating costly federal regulations as part of the agenda to offset tax policy and reduce costs for families and government.

Scalise Discusses Trump, House GOP Economic Agenda on Squawk Box | Majority Leader
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Evidence

Congress.gov records H.R.26 as passed by the House 237-187 on January 5, 2017, but its latest action was Senate hearings, so it did not become law. The bill would have required congressional approval for all new major regulations and cost offsets for new rules.

Scalise's House advanced a broad anti-regulation bill aligned with the promise, but the measure stalled in the Senate and did not remove regulations.

never later_term A for effort

H.R.26 - Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017
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The House roll-call record for H.R.26 shows Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana voting Yea on passage of the REINS Act.

Scalise personally voted for the broad regulatory-control bill, showing concrete effort, but the bill was not enacted.

never later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, Final Vote Results for Roll Call 23
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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Congress.gov records H.J.Res.41 as Public Law 115-4. The CRS summary says the joint resolution nullified the SEC rule on Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers.

One federal regulation was removed through enacted CRA legislation, supporting partial fulfillment of the broad deregulatory promise.

partial later_term

H.J.Res.41 - Disapproval of SEC Resource Extraction Issuers Rule
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The House roll-call record for H.J.Res.41 shows Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana voting Yea on the resolution that later became Public Law 115-4.

Scalise personally supported a successful repeal of a federal disclosure regulation.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, Final Vote Results for Roll Call 72
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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Congress.gov records H.J.Res.38 as Public Law 115-5. The CRS summary says it nullified the Department of the Interior Stream Protection Rule for surface coal mining impacts.

Another federal regulation was removed by law, supporting partial delivery of Scalise's promise to get rid of cost-adding federal regulations.

partial later_term

H.J.Res.38 - Disapproving the Stream Protection Rule
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The House roll-call record for H.J.Res.38 shows Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana voting Yea on the resolution that later became Public Law 115-5.

Scalise personally voted for a successful CRA repeal of the Stream Protection Rule.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, Final Vote Results for Roll Call 73
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Congress.gov records H.J.Res.37 as Public Law 115-11. The CRS summary says it nullified a Federal Acquisition Regulation rule implementing Executive Order 13673 on contractor labor-law compliance.

This enacted CRA resolution removed a federal procurement regulation, adding to evidence of partial fulfillment.

partial later_term

H.J.Res.37 - Disapproval of Federal Acquisition Regulation Rule
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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The House roll-call record for H.J.Res.37 shows Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana voting Yea on the resolution that later became Public Law 115-11.

Scalise personally voted for a successful repeal of a federal acquisition regulation.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, Final Vote Results for Roll Call 76
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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Congress.gov records H.J.Res.83 as Public Law 115-21. The CRS summary says it nullified the Department of Labor rule on employers' ongoing obligation to maintain injury and illness records.

This enacted resolution removed another federal labor regulation, supporting partial rather than complete fulfillment of the broad claim.

partial later_term

H.J.Res.83 - Disapproval of Department of Labor Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Rule
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The House roll-call record for H.J.Res.83 shows Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana voting Yea on the resolution that later became Public Law 115-21.

Scalise personally supported a successful CRA repeal of a Department of Labor recordkeeping regulation.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, Final Vote Results for Roll Call 121
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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Assessments

partial later_term A for effort

Scalise did not eliminate federal regulations broadly, so the sweeping promise was not fully delivered. But during the later 115th Congress, he voted for multiple Congressional Review Act resolutions that became public laws nullifying federal rules, including SEC disclosure, stream protection, federal acquisition, and labor recordkeeping regulations. He also voted for the REINS Act, a broader regulatory-control bill that passed the House but failed in the Senate. This supports partial fulfillment with direct candidate effort, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%