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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 13:30:33 GMT -5
Speaker Paul Ryan, After Passing Regulatory Rollback, Parties With Lobbyists at Fundraiser
theintercept.com/2017/01/06/paul-ryan-lobbyist/ January 6, 2016
Just hours after passing the very first bill of the new Congress on Wednesday — one designed to roll back a range of environmental and consumer regulations — House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., celebrated with a corporate lobbying firm at a fundraiser for his campaign committee.
The vote on the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 took place at 4:48 p.m. on Wednesday. The fundraiser, at the offices of the BGR Group, a major lobbying firm, started at 7 p.m.
The bill would amend existing law to allow Congress to repeal en masse multiple regulations finalized since the end of May last year. The law is believed to be aimed at rolling back a rule designed to deter mining companies from polluting drinking water sources, rules designed to curb hazardous methane emissions from fracking sites, and a rule that extends the threshold for overtime pay to workers, among others.
BGR Group represents Chevron, Celgene Corp, the Consumer Technology Association, Eli Lilly & Co., Gilead Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Raytheon, Southern Company, and Xerox, among many other clients, and has helped a number of clients work on regulatory policy.
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Post by Walter on Jan 6, 2017 13:34:53 GMT -5
Speaker Paul Ryan, After Passing Regulatory Rollback, Parties With Lobbyists at Fundraiser
theintercept.com/2017/01/06/paul-ryan-lobbyist/ January 6, 2016
Just hours after passing the very first bill of the new Congress on Wednesday — one designed to roll back a range of environmental and consumer regulations — House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., celebrated with a corporate lobbying firm at a fundraiser for his campaign committee.
The vote on the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 took place at 4:48 p.m. on Wednesday. The fundraiser, at the offices of the BGR Group, a major lobbying firm, started at 7 p.m.
The bill would amend existing law to allow Congress to repeal en masse multiple regulations finalized since the end of May last year. The law is believed to be aimed at rolling back a rule designed to deter mining companies from polluting drinking water sources, rules designed to curb hazardous methane emissions from fracking sites, and a rule that extends the threshold for overtime pay to workers, among others.
BGR Group represents Chevron, Celgene Corp, the Consumer Technology Association, Eli Lilly & Co., Gilead Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Raytheon, Southern Company, and Xerox, among many other clients, and has helped a number of clients work on regulatory policy. So much for "draining the swamp"..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 13:48:50 GMT -5
This kind of corporate pollution deregulation is a big problem in Colorado. The Rocky Mountains have been damaged in a big way by mining companies, and local fracking has had a major impact on air pollution.
The Koch GOP is trying to take us back to the 1950s, when it comes to environmental protection.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 20:33:02 GMT -5
Paul Ryan's lobbyist BGR Group represents Chevron, Celgene Corp, the Consumer Technology Association, Eli Lilly & Co., Gilead Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Raytheon, Southern Company, and Xerox, among many other clients, and has helped a number of clients work on regulatory policy.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 20:39:15 GMT -5
Lobbyists are particularly eager to use the newly empowered Republican Congress to sweep away the environmental, financial, labor and consumer-oriented rules implemented by the Obama administration.
The U.S Chamber of Commerce, the lobbying trade group for large firms like Google and Goldman Sachs, made the Midnight Rules Relief legislation a top priority. Other trade groups representing a wide swath of business interests, such as the National Federation of Independent Businesses, have also lobbied in support of the measure.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2017 23:04:37 GMT -5
Speaker Paul Ryan, After Passing Regulatory Rollback, Parties With Lobbyists at Fundraiser So much for "draining the swamp".. Who is President of the United States? Who has NO POWER?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 16:12:22 GMT -5
So much for "draining the swamp".. Who is President of the United States? Who has NO POWER? 1) Joker Trump. 2) The American people.
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