Regulatory reform may sound like dry, deep-in-the-weeds policy. But as businessman and Wyoming congressional candidate Steve Friess explains, it became one of the most powerful tools of the first Trump administration, and the groundwork was laid years before Trump ever took office.
In this episode of The Jenny Beth Show, Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party movement and Chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action, talks with Friess about the volunteer team of conservative attorneys he helped assemble during the Obama years, a group some called the counter deep state. Together they drafted executive orders and regulatory memos the incoming administration could use on day one, including a regulatory budget concept that ultimately helped repeal regulations far faster than the well-known two for one promise.
Friess, son of the late conservative philanthropist Foster Friess, also makes the case for Wyoming’s energy future, school choice and classical education, the dignity of work, and getting federal spending under control.
What we get into:
Why a self-described political outsider decided to run for Congress
The counter deep state attorney project and the regulatory budget
OIRA, the sound science memo, and how agencies really write the rules
Wyoming coal, oil, gas, and rare earth minerals as a national security issue
School choice, classical education, and teaching kids how to think
Trade schools, earned success, and the dignity of work
The $39 trillion national debt and out-of-control spending
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Steve Friess is running for Congress in Wyoming. Learn more at friessforwy.com.
00:00 — Welcome and introducing Steve Friess
00:01:15 — Why an outsider ran for Congress
00:06:36 — The SAVE America Act and grassroots leadership
00:09:32 — Wyoming energy, coal, and rare earth minerals
00:13:35 — Carbon dioxide as “plant food”
00:15:03 — Building the “counter deep state” attorney project
00:20:05 — The regulatory budget and “two for one”
00:25:54 — OIRA and the “sound science” memo
00:32:16 — School choice and classical education
00:50:43 — Trade schools and the dignity of work
00:57:57 — Arthur Brooks and “earned success”
01:01:07 — Spending, the debt, and closing the show
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