{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://donyoung.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398800", "Young Supports House-Passage of Midnight Rules Relief Act", "2016-11-17", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "AK", "Don Young", "Y000033", "donyoung.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 In an effort to address the potential onslaught of end-of-term regulations released by the Obama administration in its final weeks, today the House passed H.R. 5982, the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016. The legislation establishes a simple, rapid-response method for a new Congress to undo abusive midnight rules submitted during the final 60 legislative days of Congress by an outgoing administration.\r\n\u201cOver the last eight years, the Obama administration has moved ahead with one of the most aggressive and costly regulatory agendas in our nation\u2019s history,\u201d said Congressman Don Young. \u201cIn Alaska, this amounts to lost jobs, diminished certainty, an unworkable regulatory climate for new development, and roadblocks at every turn.\u00a0 As the President prepares to leave office, there is serious cause for concern that the next two months will be used to advance some of the most extreme and drastic regulatory policies.\u201d \r\n\u201cThe Midnight Rules Relief Act gives Congress the tools and resources to push back against politically driven, overly burdensome rulemaking announced in the final days of a presidency,\u201d Young said. \u201cLike President Obama\u2019s 2008 transition team and then Democrat Majority, Congressional leaders have called upon the current administration to cease the issuance of midnight rules and regulations. With little hope our concerns will be heard, I call upon the Senate to take up this common sense proposal to limit the potentially harmful impacts of last minute rulemaking.\u201d\r\nH.R. 5982, the Midnight Rules Relief Act, would: \r\n\u2022 Amend the Congressional Review Act to allow CRA resolutions that disapprove of\u00a0multiple midnight rules to be passed by an incoming Congress.\r\n\u2022 Set neither a minimum nor maximum number of midnight rules that a CRA resolution\u00a0can disapprove, thus preserving flexibility for a new Congress to respond with a\u00a0resolution targeting multiple midnight rules.\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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": ["http://donyoung.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398800"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7304649334400892, "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"}