Hensarling covers Congressional efforts, reform

The residents of Van Zandt County were treated to a meeting hosted by Congressman Jeb Hensarling at the Farm Bureau in Canton Aug. 4, where he addressed hot topics such as tax reform and Constitutional balance of power and also gave an update on his Congressional efforts.

In a press release, Hensarling stated, “Our democracy requires that the nation’s laws be made by representatives who are elected by the people. The modern regulatory state flips this constitutional logic on its head, severing the line of electoral accountability and consent that connects the people to their government.  This leads to government officials who are insulated from public control.  With that, accountability evaporates, the public good is subordinated to special interests, and wealth is redistributed up the economies of scale from working Americans to the powerful and well-connected.  By putting Congress, and therefore the American people, back in charge of the federal regulatory state, we can begin the hard work of winning back the people’s trust and rebuilding this still exceptional nation.”

Article I Project/Dodd-Frank

Hensarling said that one of the efforts that he was working on was the Article I Project, which he co-leads with Senator Mike Lee, (R-UT). The AIP was designed to develop and promote an agenda of structural reforms and also strengthen Congress, said Hensarling.

Hensarling said that Dodd-Frank has failed, noting that it would need to be repealed. 

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