Christie calls for four-month freeze on regulations

by Ben Kamisar - 11/10/15 7:43 PM ET

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will place a four-month moratorium on all federal regulations if he wins the presidency, he revealed during Tuesday’s undercard presidential debate.

“I will also, on my first day as president, sign an executive order that says no more regulation for the next 120 days by any government agency or department,” he said.

{mosads}”We are drowning in regulations. Stop, and then we will go out there and cut and reduce regulation that small-business owners across this country want us to do. We’ll grow the economy then, more money will come into the system and we’ll get closer to balance.”

Christie did not address what impact a freeze on all federal regulations would have on executive branch agencies that handle sectors like food safety, defense contracting, federal healthcare exchanges and other aspects of the federal government.

Christie went on to warn voters that Democrats, embodied by presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, will continue to increase the size of government and that Americans will feel that size in its impact on their bottom line.

“The bottom line is, believe me, Hillary Clinton is coming for your wallet, everybody,” Christie added after saying that the U.S. is “drowning in regulations.”

“Don’t worry about Huckabee or Jindal, worry about her.”

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