Making Regulatory Reform a Reality

Publication Date: September 2002

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Angela Antonelli; David McIntosh; Fred Smith; John Graham

Research Area: Environment

Keywords: Government reform

Type: Report

Abstract:

For supporters of regulatory reform, 1995 was both frustrating and disappointing. What began as promise in the Contract With America became a series of reform bills that called for, among other things, the use of sound science and cost-benefit analysis in regulatory decision making. These bills moved rapidly through the House in early 1995 only to wither and die in the Senate late last year.