New House Chairmen to Scrutinize Fed, Roll Back FinReg, Call on EPA to ‘Stand Down’ - ProPublica

• New House Chairmen to Scrutinize Fed, Roll Back FinReg, Call on EPA to ‘Stand Down’ - ProPublica
  http://www.propublica.org/blog/item/new-house-chairmen-scrutinize-fed-financial-regulation

  • For the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Fred Upton took the chairmanship over Rep. Joe Barton, the lawmaker who once apologized to BP for a “shakedown” by the Obama administration.

    While the outcome for this chairmanship was somewhat of a toss-up, we noted that the new chairman’s positions on energy issues were never really in question. Upton has long argued that regulation from the Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Communications Commission and others is “smothering the economy.”

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