1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

The administration's proposed "zero-based regulatory budgeting" executive order fails to adequately protect our environment and public health. By requiring all regulations related to energy production to automatically expire after a set period, this order would increase regulatory uncertainty and undermine decades of progress in areas like air and water quality, climate change mitigation, and conservation of natural resources. Compelling agencies to continually re-justify existing safeguards would divert limited resources away from developing new protective measures. Rather than unleashing American energy production, this order risks enabling unchecked pollution and habitat destruction for short-term industry profits. I urge you to reject this reckless deregulatory agenda that jeopardizes our environment and communities. We need policies that balance energy needs with robust environmental protections based on scientific evidence, not arbitrary sunsets on public health rules. Sustainable energy solutions require strengthening, not undermining, vital regulations.