The Trump administration is making good on its promise to slash wasteful government regulations.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is leading the charge against bureaucratic bloat.
And Sean Duffy just dropped one bombshell that sent Big Government bureaucrats into total panic.
Trump’s team delivers on deregulation promises
President Trump campaigned on draining the swamp and cutting through the red tape that has strangled American businesses for decades.
His Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy proved he’s serious about that mission when he announced a massive deregulation package that will make government watchdogs furious.
Duffy revealed that his department eliminated 52 burdensome regulations across three major agencies in one fell swoop.
The Federal Highway Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration all saw major regulatory cuts.
“Big government has been a big failure. Under President Trump’s leadership, my department is slashing duplicative and outdated regulations that are unnecessarily burdensome, waste taxpayer dollars, and fail to ensure safety,” Duffy stated.
The scale of Duffy’s regulatory massacre is staggering.
His team deleted over 73,000 words from the Federal Register alone.
That’s the equivalent of removing an entire novel’s worth of government red tape that was choking American transportation.
Decades of useless rules get the axe
Some of the regulations Duffy eliminated were so old and pointless that they should have been scrapped years ago.
One wasteful rule under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration forced truckers to keep paper copies of Electronic Logging Device manuals in their vehicles, even though drivers could access the same information online.
Another pointless regulation dealt with funding procedures for a competitive grant program that Congress had already terminated a decade ago.
The reforms also eliminated red tape that forced military technicians to obtain civilian commercial driver’s licenses for military truck operations, despite their extensive military training.
“These are common sense changes that will help us build a more efficient government that better reflects the needs of the American people,” Duffy said.
The Transportation Secretary made it clear that safety wasn’t being compromised by these cuts.
Every regulation that got eliminated was either redundant, obsolete, or provided no meaningful safety benefit to Americans.
Common sense changes benefit families
The changes include improvements to car seat safety testing procedures.
NHTSA will start using appropriately sized crash test dummies for car seat side impact evaluations.
This practical update will help manufacturers develop and test car seats more efficiently, ensuring better availability of safety equipment for families.
The result means more car seats will be available for families to keep their children safe while traveling.
Duffy’s deregulation package shows the difference between smart government and Big Government bureaucracy.
Instead of piling on more rules that accomplish nothing, Trump’s team is cutting the deadweight that was dragging down American transportation.
Regulatory Reform Task Force gets results
The Department of Transportation reestablished its Regulatory Reform Task Force to identify wasteful regulations that needed to go.
The task force’s work is part of President Trump’s broader deregulatory agenda outlined in his executive orders.
Trump’s deregulation efforts are guided by Executive Order 14192, “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation,” and Executive Order 14219, which established the Department of Government Efficiency initiative.
Duffy’s package includes 43 proposed rule changes, seven finalized rules, and two complete withdrawals of regulatory actions.
The changes will boost government efficiency while maintaining public safety standards.
The Federal Highway Administration took the biggest hit with 16 deregulatory actions targeting everything from obsolete bridge construction rules to outdated forest highway program requirements.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration eliminated 20 burdensome regulations, including rules left over from the defunct Interstate Commerce Commission.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration cleaned house with 16 deregulatory actions that removed obsolete safety standards and reporting requirements.
This is just the beginning
Sean Duffy’s massive deregulation package proves that the Trump administration is serious about cutting government waste.
Unlike previous administrations that talked a big game about reducing red tape, Trump’s team is actually delivering results.
The elimination of over 73,000 words of federal regulations in one announcement shows the scope of bureaucratic bloat that had built up over decades.
American businesses and consumers will benefit from these common-sense reforms that prioritize efficiency over bureaucratic empire-building.
With leaders like Duffy willing to take on the regulatory state, the Trump administration is well-positioned to unleash American prosperity through smart deregulation.
The swamp creatures who built careers around maintaining useless regulations just got put on notice that their gravy train is coming to an end.
