Issue Position: Government Reform

Issue Position

As House Finance Chairman from 2015 to 2018, I promoted and led a regular review of all state spending units and worked diligently with other members to reform our state's budget process. I demonstrated the ability to limit the growth and reduce the waste in government spending

I sponsored legislation that required all regulations have a 5-year sunset provision. The result is the legislature is now required to analyze the cost benefit of regulations and eliminate and/or change those regulations which did not meet their intended goal when initially passed. I also promoted the prioritization of government spending and the review and analysis of the cost benefit, or return on investment, of government expenditures.

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