{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-risch-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-prevent-car-buying-red-tape", "Crapo, Risch, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Prevent Car-Buying Red Tape", "2024-10-24", "2024", "2024-10", "Republican", "Senate", "ID", "Mike Crapo", "C000880", "www.crapo.senate.gov", "crapo", "https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) co-sponsored the bipartisan Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Review of Expensive and Detrimental Overregulation (REDO) Act. The legislation would prevent the FTC from finalizing and implementing a rushed regulation change specific to automotive retailing without first conducting adequate consumer testing and cost-benefit analyses and allowing for public feedback. The FTC\u2019s rule would create more paperwork when buying a car at the dealership and lead to more bureaucracy and red tape for small businesses.\n\n\u201cPurchasing a new vehicle is a serious decision for most Americans. There is no need to complicate the process with added costs, more paperwork and a longer sales process,\u201d said Crapo. \u201cThe public and local industry stakeholders deserve the opportunity to weigh-in on changes that affect them and their business.\u201d\n\n\u201cIdahoans want buying a car to be simple, not bogged down by burdensome paperwork and costly red tape,\u201d said Risch. \u201cThe FTC REDO Act gives consumers and auto dealers a seat at the table on decisions impacting the car buying process.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur Idaho franchised new vehicle dealers, primarily family-owned small businesses, appreciate Senator Crapo\u2019s co-signing the FTC REDO Act,\u201d said Jim Addis, Executive Vice-President Idaho Automobile Dealers Association. \u201cThe FTC REDO Act will reverse recent, onerous FTC overregulation that would add time, cost, and complexity for new car buyers. Not only is this FTC overregulation duplicative, but it is also in conflict with extensive Idaho and federal laws that protect consumers. Passing the FTC REDO Act will ensure that we protect Idaho car buyers from needless federal overreach, saving them both money and time.\u201d\n\nLast summer, the FTC noticed a 126-page proposed rule, known as the \u201cMotor Vehicle Dealers Trade Regulation Rule,\u201d or the \u201cVehicle Shopping Rule,\u201d which, if approved, would significantly change the process for consumers to purchase, trade-in and finance new and used cars and trucks. The proposed rule would re-regulate all aspects of automotive retailing and was noticed without an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM)--the process for the public to provide comment.\n\nThe FTC REDO Act would require the FTC to:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-risch-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-prevent-car-buying-red-tape"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9428150951862335, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}