Claim: President Barack Obama incorrectly claimed his administration has undertaken an "unprecedented" review of burdensome regulations. In fact, every president since at least Jimmy Carter has done similar reviews, including one under Bill Clinton that resulted in the elimination of more than 16,000 pages of federal regulations. Obama made his claim during his hour-long press conference on June 29: Obama, June 29: But what I have done — and this is unprecedented, by the way,
Fact-check: Obama Gets Caught Up in Red Tape - FactCheck.org
Verdict: president barack obama incorrectly claimed his administration has undertaken an "unprecedented" review of burdensome regulations. in fact, every president since at least jimmy carter has done similar reviews, including one under bill clinton that resulted in the elimination of more than 16,000 pages of federal regulations. obama made his claim during his hour-long press conference on june 29: obama, june 29: but what i have done — and this is unprecedented, by the way,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2011-06-30T23:14:34