Senators, Advocates Seeks Regulatory 'Watchdog' To Speed Rulemakings

Key Democratic senators and public health advocates are calling for the creation of a regulatory watchdog to speed development of climate change and other rules, arguing that such a position is needed to overcome EPA and other agencies' “regulatory capture” by industry groups and the bias that results. “The current process is loaded with opportunities for powerful industry groups to tilt the playing field in their favor, and corporations take every one of those opportunities,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) --...