Ohio Republican pushes for Congress to act on Trump's orders
Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) on Thursday urged Congress to act on President Trump's executive orders, saying the national legislature "must do its job."
"It’s up to us on Capitol Hill to make permanent his executive actions, ensuring continuity in public policy from one administration to the next," he said on social platform X.
The Ohio Republican added that presidential administrations often do by executive order what Congress should be doing through legislation.
Earlier, The Columbus Dispatch reported that Balderson criticized the fact that the sole decisionmaking power lied with Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk.
"Congress has to decide whether or not the Department of Education goes away. Not the president, not Elon Musk," he was quoted as saying by the Columbus-based news outlet. "Congress decides."
But the lawmaker's office told The Hill his remarks were "mischaracterized" and that he was "making a broader point about presidential administrations doing by executive order what Congress should be doing by legislating."
"Without congressional action, there is no certainty from one administration to the next. Congressman Balderson supports President Trump’s efforts, but Congress must do its job to make his executive actions permanent," a spokesperson for his office said in a statement to The Hill.
On Tuesday, Trump issued an order titled “Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies," requiring independent agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission to submit proposed regulations to the White House for review.
Meanwhile, the House voted last week to significantly expand Congress’s ability to reverse regulations passed by the prior administration.
This step by the GOP was aimed at crushing a number of new rules passed in the final year of the Biden administration, as Trump continues to issue new executive actions.
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