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U.S. Sen. Mike Lee urges Utah House to rein in executive rulemaking, cites coal rule as example
Summary
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee told the Utah House the legislative branch must reclaim lawmaking authority from federal regulators, touted the REINS and Article 1 efforts, and criticized an Interior Department rule he said harmed the coal industry. He answered questions about emoluments and federal law-enforcement oversight.
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee addressed the Utah House in a Committee of the Whole, urging lawmakers to restore lawmaking authority to Congress and, in some cases, to the states. Lee described efforts such as the REINS Act and the Article 1 Project to require greater legislative review of major executive-branch rules and to limit agencies' ability to make binding law without congressional approval.
Lee singled out a December rule issued by the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement that he said would make it harder…
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