Is Trump’s pick for regulatory czar “hostile” to protections?
Advocacy groups are angry over President Trump’s nomination last week of Neomi Rao to head up the U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), while a former OIRA chief is applauding the choice.
The agency, a little-known part of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is tasked with reviewing regulations proposed by federal agencies. The OIRA administrator will have the power to reject rules that are inconsistent with Trump’s goal of eliminating regulations that are burdensome on business – a category that 75 percent of all federal regulations fall into, according to Trump.