Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) Joins Heritage, Others In Entering EPA’s Video Contest

Brandon Stewart / May 25, 2010

A while back, we pointed readers towards Heritage’s official entry to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Rulemaking Matters! contest and encouraged others to submit their own videos. The contest solicited entries praising the sort of rampant over-regulation that marks much of government today, but we took a slightly different tack, explaining the harm that over-regulation can and has caused average Americans. The Hill reported yesterday that Representatives Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Pete Olson (R-TX) have joined in with their own entry:

Last month, after discovering the EPA contest by chance, Blackburn wrote to the White House demanding that the administration “instruct the EPA administrator to rescind the offer of prize money and dedicate the funds to a better use.” (more…)