Congressman Biggs Praises House’s Adoption of the Midnight Rules Relief Act

Today, the House passed H.R. 77, Midnight Rules Relief Act, sponsored by Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ), by a vote of 212-208. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement on the House’s passage of his legislation:

“Today’s passage of Midnight Rules Relief Act will make it easier for Congress to check the unelected bureaucrats who feverishly wrote new federal rules before the end of the Biden Administration. In 2024 alone, the Biden Administration imposed more than 1,400 new rules at $1.34 trillion in regulatory costs. Many of these rules are out of step with the mandate the American people gave us in November, and the tools provided under this Act will allow them to be swiftly addressed. 

“The Midnight Rules Relief Act will allow Congress and President Trump’s Administration to follow through on our promises to rein in the out-of-control bureaucracy and return power to the American people and those they elect.

“I urge the Senate to quickly take up this legislation so it can be signed into law by President Trump. I look forward to working with my colleagues—in both the legislative and executive branches—to break down the massive administrative state that was propped up by Joe Biden and his cronies.”