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Take the Sen. Mike Lee Challenge: Name a federal regulatory agency that's made your life better [1]

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Date: 2023-01-17  

That was the start of a mostly performative tweet-thread wondering whether the expense of complying with the "edicts of these agencies is really justified," and arguing that:

"Many of those naming federal regulatory agencies they couldn’t live without — for example, the USDA —rely on the supposition that states are simply incompetent and couldn’t do what the federal government can."

And:

"Standards for food safety, for example, wouldn’t suddenly disappear if federal regulations in this area were phased out. A combination of private and state food-safety standards would take the place of federal regulations.

"Sure, they might be different in some states than others, but would that necessarily be a bad thing?"

Here's your challenge, America. Answer this sitting Republican senator's sincere question and name a federal regulatory agency that has made your life better. Tell him why having 51 different versions of that regulatory agency—or, of course, only a state-by-state handful—would not work "at a state or local level" or by a theoretical "nongovernmental body."

The man sincerely wants to know, so help him out here.

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