Senators offer companion to House regulatory reform bill

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a companion to broad House regulatory reform legislation that would create hurdles for new EPA rules and effectively override key environmental statutes, requiring the agency to consider costs when setting some standards and opening the door to new procedural challenges to regulations. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) April 26 introduced the bill , known as the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017, along with Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Joe Manchin...