Noem Meets with President Trump, Vice President Pence in White House to Discuss Regulatory Reform
PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem yesterday met with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and six other governors at the White House to highlight South Dakota’s deregulatory accomplishments and discuss further work to scale back regulations at the federal and state levels.
Noem, Vice President Pence, and President Trump discuss regulatory reform at the White House on December 16.
“I appreciate the President’s commitment to streamlining occupational licensing and reciprocity,” said Noem. “I’m committed to putting people over paperwork and eliminating unnecessary regulations in South Dakota.”
This year, Noem signed HB1111 into law, which eases the professional licensing process for the spouses of military members assigned to Ellsworth Air Force base or other locations in South Dakota.
“More than 20 percent of military spouses cited state licensing regulations as one of their greatest challenges,” said Noem. “The law we enacted this year changed that reality for South Dakota’s military families, fast-tracking military spouses through the licensing process and expanding the experienced talent pool of South Dakota’s workforce.”
South Dakota is the second least-regulated state in the nation, with only 44,000 regulatory restrictions.
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Support this concept 100%
Good job Gov. Noem & legislators.
Closer to Trump than Tapio has ever been. I hope she brought Tapio some air in a jar from the room just so Tapio can walk through the same air as Trump.
Regulatory reform – – taxpayers stuck with bill to plug abandoned wells.
Regulatory reform – big Sioux river so full of pollution, ingesting one mouthful is a guarantee for getting hepatitis or one of the handful of diseases that proliferate in that river. Not to mention, recreating on it isn’t even recommended. Yay deregulation!
Anonymous, It is illogical to claim that all deregulation is bad because the clean-water regulations have not been successful in keeping the Big Sioux River clean.
It isn’t any more illogical than claiming all regulation is bad. One has to consider the cost to the public and we lose to the few who profit time and time again.
Instead of positing a strawman who thinks “all regulation is bad,” why not debate the SPECIFIC set of regulations Gov. Noem cut?
“This year, Noem signed HB1111, which eases the professional licensing process for spouses of military members assigned to Ellsworth Air Force base or other locations in South Dakota. More than 20 percent of military spouses cited state licensing regulations as one of their greatest challenges,” said Noem. “The law we enacted this year changed that reality for South Dakota’s military families, fast-tracking military spouses through the licensing process and expanding the experienced talent pool of South Dakota’s workforce.”
If you support eliminating the regulatory barriers that prevent military spouses from working, you should cheer Kristi’s efforts. I do. I’m thrilled to have more intelligent, hard-working military spouses performing productive jobs in SD. Good job Gov. Noem!