The Biden Administration's Approach to Federal Government Regulation

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Biden administration's approach to federal government regulation has been functionally the same as every president since Carter, he says. "I went down the Wall Street and I totally cut it out," Buttigieg says of Clinton-era regulatory policies. The White House should move forward quickly with rulemaking that will prevent disasters like this from happening in the future, Brawley adds.

In this News Brief, we discuss the initial lack of coverage of the devastating February 3rd train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio; the coverage of the lack of coverage; the GOP's "white genocide" exploitation; Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's defensiveness; and the real human stakes of decades of bipartisan deregulation and union-busting.

Our guest is journalist Matthew Cunningham-Cook (@matthewccook5), a writer and researcher covering health care, retirement policy and capital markets. He is currently a reporter at The Lever.