The Lunch Hour with Federal Newswire

Updated: 24 Jun 2025 • 158 episodes
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The Lunch Hour with Federal Newswire covers wide-ranging discussions with the Capitol city's policy movers, shakers, and thinkers. The Lunch Hour provides a unique look at the people behind the policy debates that are moving in DC.

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Hillsdale professor Joseph Postell unpacks the philosophical and constitutional basis for the REINS Act, exposing how Congress abdicated its lawmaking role to unaccountable agencies. He calls for a return to representative lawmaking and true separation of powers.

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Citizen Council for Health Freedom’s Twila Brase lays out how federal healthcare regulations crush innovation, stall drug development, and erode doctor-patient trust. She makes the case for the REINS Act to restore legislative accountability.

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Patrick Gleason of Americans for Tax Reform highlights how states are passing their own versions of the REINS Act to combat regulatory overreach. He explains why regulation is a hidden tax and how states are becoming laboratories for reform.

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Jonathan Wolfson, Chief Policy Director at the Cicero Institute, explains how outdated laws are weaponized by agencies and why the REINS Act restores legislative clarity. He makes the bipartisan case for why both parties should be wary of unchecked regulatory power.

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Jeremiah Mosteller, policy director at Americans for Prosperity, breaks down why the REINS Act is crucial for reining in runaway regulation. He argues that unchecked federal agencies impose massive costs on small businesses and American households—and that real reform must come from Congress. With examples ranging from

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Senior Fellow Ike Brannon joins to discuss how the Jack Kemp Foundation views the REINS Act as vital to restoring congressional oversight and curbing runaway regulation. He outlines the dangers of cost inflation by federal agencies and calls for an objective standard of economic impact analysis.

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