From 2009-17, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carried out “a regulatory spree unprecedented in U.S. history”—in scope, stringency, and costs, and with highly questionable justifi- cation. The costs of EPA rules dwarf the costs of all other executive branch agencies by a huge margin, accounting for $23 billion of $26 billion total regulatory costs in 2010. While the national econ- omy has been impaired, Texas’ prominent industrial and energy sectors were disproportionately affected.
Economy
2019-20 LEGISLATOR’S GUIDE TO THE ISSUES
A comprehensive guide to the most important issues facing Texas during the 86th Session of the Legislature. Among the issues covered in this Guide are education, taxes and spending, health care, effective justice, private property rights, insurance, telecommunications, transportation, tort reform, energy, and natural resources.
September 7, 2018