After traveling the state and listening to Missouri families, farmers and business owners express their frustration with onerous federal and state regulations, House Speaker Tim Jones today announced the formation of a special committee charged with investigating the continued overreach of the government through regulation.
Jones created the Bipartisan Investigatory Committee on Regulatory Overreach, which will take testimony from concerned citizens across the entire state. Jones said he is hopeful the committee will produce recommendations that will result in action by the state to intervene where possible and reduce some of the regulatory burden placed on families and business owners.
“During my time as Speaker I have traveled to every part of our great state, and the message the people of Missouri have shared with me time and time again is that government is too big and too intrusive,” said Jones, R-Eureka. “I met with family farmers who see far too much of their time taken filling out government form after government form, and business owners who have to contract for help with navigating the endless maze of government regulations. It is undeniable that the government has reached its hand into areas where it clearly does not belong and it is up to us as a state to say enough is enough.”
Jones expects the committee to begin its work soon and conclude with a report to the Speaker by December 1.
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