Walorski visits U.S. Aggregates in Pulaski County

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Published: Thursday, 13 August 2015 16:27

Walorski 'Get Regulation Out of the Way' district-wide tour stops in Francesville

FRANCESVILLE - Rep. Jackie Walorski (IN-02) stopped in Pulaski County Wednesday afternoon as part of her district-wide ‘Get Regulation Out of the Way’ (GROW) tour. 

Over the two-day tour, Walorski will visit manufacturers, local businesses and farms to hear how federal regulations have affected their industry.

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (IN-02) toured U.S. Aggregates, Iinc. in Francesville Aug 12 as part of her two-day 'Get Regulation Out of the Way' (GROW) district-wide tour

During her stop at U.S. Aggregates, Inc., Walorski toured the facility and met with employees to hear how federal regulations have impacted the hiring of employees, future growth, and productivity of the company.

Walorski's office reports that since 2012, 500 major federal regulations have been issued, costing taxpayers, including business owners, almost $2 trillion in compliance. A ‘major’ regulation is anything expected to have a $100 million annual effect on the economy.  According to the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index, business owners have cited regulations as a top impediment to conducting business for over 65 months in a row.

“Pulaski County businesses employ over 3,000 workers and federal regulations are forcing businesses like NISCO to spend time, money, and energy to ensure they’re in compliance. In fact, every dollar used to comply with the over 80,000 pages of regulations from the EPA is money they could have used to hire more workers,” Walorski said. “Instead, it’s wasted following the arbitrary rules put in place by unelected bureaucrats. I’m thankful for companies like U.S. Aggregates for continuing to employ Hoosiers and I’m committed to growing our economy by ending job-killing regulations that are crippling Indiana businesses.”

For over 50 years, U.S. Aggregates, Inc. has been providing high quality products to the construction, asphalt and ready mix industries. Their success is attributed to their mission of providing quality, consistency, reliability and value. In addition to providing exceptional products, the company also makes a great contribution to Indiana job creation, employing over 5,000 Hoosiers.

“The Indiana Manufacturers Association appreciates Congresswoman Walorski’s efforts to bring attention to the problem of burdensome federal regulations,” said IMA communications director Charlene Hickey. “Her support of legislation in the House, like the REINS Act, will hopefully slow the implementation of ill-conceived federal regulations that increase costs, reduce business investment, and prevent hiring.”

Last month, Walorski supported legislation to prevent burdensome federal regulations from crushing manufacturers with unnecessary costs. H.R. 427, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, which requires any rule or regulation with an economic impact of $100 million or more to come before Congress for a vote before taking effect.

Click here to view photos from Walorski's GROW tour.