Downing advocates for lower taxes, reducing government regulation, and championing policies that promote economic growth, energy independence, and national security.
Reduce government regulation.
Occurrences
Evidence
Public Law 119-48 disapproves the Bureau of Land Management rule relating to the Miles City Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment, and states that the rule shall have no force or effect.
The House vote on H.J. Res. 104 passed 211-208; the Clerk record lists Downing, Republican, Montana, voting Yea.
Public Law 119-15 disapproves an EPA rule on California heavy-duty vehicle and engine pollution-control standards and says the rule shall have no force or effect.
The Clerk record for H.J. Res. 87 shows the resolution passed 231-191; Downing, Republican, Montana, is listed as voting Yea.
Public Law 119-13 disapproves the National Park Service rule relating to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Motor Vehicles and states that the rule shall have no force or effect.
Downing's office said he introduced legislation to reauthorize and modernize NAHASDA, including targeted regulatory relief, consolidating environmental reviews, exempting tribal housing projects from Build America, Buy America requirements, and removing unnecessary barriers.
Assessments
The promise was broad: reduce government regulation. During Downing's first House term after winning the 2024 federal campaign, Congress enacted multiple Congressional Review Act disapprovals that eliminated federal regulatory actions, including Public Law 119-48 affecting the BLM Miles City Field Office, Public Law 119-15 on EPA heavy-duty vehicle standards, and Public Law 119-13 on National Park Service motor-vehicle rules. Downing voted yea on at least two successful CRA resolutions, including the Montana-relevant Miles City measure, and also introduced later regulatory-relief legislation. Because actual deregulatory laws passed during his term with his voting support, this counts as delivered in the same term.