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Carly Fiorina vice presidential campaign, 2016/Government regulations
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 Carly Fiorina |
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- In a radio interview on November 21, 2015, Carly Fiorina called the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans “unconstitutional” and said she would “roll it back.” The program, created by President Obama, shields eligible immigrant parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents from deportation and grants them with temporary work permits.[2]
- At the fourth Republican primary debate on November 10, 2015, Fiorina discussed her position on government regulations. She said, "In addition to rolling back what President Obama has done, we need to do a top-to-bottom review of every single regulation on the books. That hasn't been done in 50 years. We need to pass the REINS Act so Congress is in charge of regulation, not nameless, faceless bureaucrats accountable to no one. We've become a nation of rules, not a nation of laws. And finally we actually, yes, have to hold government officials accountable for their performance. All this has to be done, and the citizens of this nation must help a President Fiorina get it done. We must take our government back."[3]
- On August 9, 2015, Fiorina said she would help shrink the federal government by reducing the number of public employees if she were president. “We have never succeeded in shrinking the size of government. So, let me tell you something else. We have a bunch of baby boomers who are going to retire out of the federal government over the next five to six years. I will not replace a single one. And yes, we need to actually get about the business of reducing the size, the power, the cost, complexity and corruption of this federal government,” Fiorina said.[4]
- When asked how she would limit the role of government during a Q&A series by Breitbart, Fiorina advocated for undoing President Obama’s “lawless executive orders,” a return to zero-base budgeting and greater accountability for federal employees.[5]
- During a 2010 Senate debate, Fiorina blamed irrational regulations for costing Californians jobs. She said, "In 2008, a nameless, faceless bureaucrat decided that the smelt was endangered. The remedy for this was to turn the water off flowing through the pumps in the delta, and with that decision, hundreds of thousands of acres lay fallow, tens of thousands of people at the height of it were out of work. Of course it is important to protect our environment, it is important to protect our fish and our flies and our frogs, all which are endangered in California, but it's important to protect our families as well."[6]
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- ↑ NPR, "Carly Fiorina Ends Bid For Republican Presidential Nomination," February 10, 2016
- ↑ Breitbart, "Carly Fiorina: U.S. Must ‘Do Whatever Is Necessary’ to Bar Terrorists from Entering the Nation," November 21, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Who said what and what it meant: The 4th GOP debate, annotated," November 10, 2015
- ↑ Fox News, "How Carly Fiorina plans to capitalize on the presidential debate buzz; Sen. Rand Paul fires back at Donald Trump's jabs," August 9, 2015
- ↑ Breitbart, "Ask Carly: Role of government," July 27, 2015
- ↑ KPPC, "Transcript: KPCC debate between California Senate candidates Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina," September 30, 2010
