On May 1, the Center for Progressive Reform and the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards co-hosted a webinar on Building a People’s Regulatory Agenda Through Rulemaking Petitions. The webinar explored the strategic value of a coordinated public campaign to leverage the federal Administrative Procedure Act’s (APA) rulemaking petition process to respond to the Trump administration’s attacks on our system of regulatory safeguards.
The webinar linked the potential of rulemaking petitions to a broader strategy of building a “People’s Regulatory Agenda” focused on what agencies should be doing to implement federal laws as Congress intended. Panelists introduced the audience to the semiannual regulatory agenda; explained the nuts and bolts of drafting rulemaking petitions, particularly in light of recent U.S. Supreme Court case law; and outlined a vision for public interest advocates to begin to reclaim our administrative state through a People’s Regulatory Agenda and APA rulemaking petitions.
Our Speakers
- Sharon Block, Center for Progressive Reform Member Scholar and Board Member, Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, and former Acting Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs during the Biden administration
- Sid Shapiro, Center for Progressive Reform Member Scholar and Board Chair and Fletcher Chair in Administrative Law, Wake Forest University School of Law
- Daniel Walters, Center for Progressive Reform Member Scholar and Associate Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law
- Rachel Weintraub, Executive Director, Coalition for Sensible Safeguards
- James Goodwin, Policy Director, Center for Progressive Reform (Moderator)
A recording of this webinar is available on YouTube.
Download the webinar transcript.
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