Re-Open Iowa For Business Rules & Regulations Tour Kicks Off
Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad will join Senate and House Republicans in Newton on Saturday, February 12, 2011 as part of the 10 city “Re-Open Iowa for Business” Rules & Regulations tour.
The event, which is open to the public and media, will begin at 1:00 pm at Newton Manufacturing, 1123 1st Ave. E
For the past several years, employers – both small and large, entrepreneurs, farmers, city administrators and others have increasingly become subjected to overly burdensome rules and regulations that have been promulgated by government agencies.
The ten city tour aims to collect specific input from Iowans across the state about the onerous rules and regulatory climate that is hurting job creation and keeping employers from locating or expanding in Iowa.
“Government should not be punishing the very people we need to grow this state and create jobs,” said Senator Merlin Bartz (R-Grafton), Senate Republican member on the Administrative Rules Review Committee. “We need to have reasonable and responsible levels of rules and regulations that protect the public interest without placing an undue burden on our job creators, cities and taxpayers.”
The tour, which begins on Saturday, February 12 and ends on Saturday, March 12, will include stops in Ames, Newton, Oskaloosa, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Cresco, Cedar Falls, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids and Burlington.
“Iowans sent a strong message this last November that they want their elected officials to listen and get serious about job creation,” said Representative Dawn Pettengill (R-Mount Auburn), House Republican member of the Administrative Rules Review Committee. “House Republicans have been working to get government out of the way so employers can start expanding and hiring again.”
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