Regulatory official grilled on consequences of ‘midnight’ rules
From: The Hill
Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) grilled President Obama’s top regulatory official Wednesday on what consequences there will be for federal agencies that try to rush through last-minute rules in the waning hours of the Obama administration.
Howard Shelanski, administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, issued a memo back in December advising the agencies to finish their highest priority rule-makings this summer to avoid a burst of “midnight regulations” before Obama leaves office.
