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On Tuesday, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) introduced the Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement (SWAMP) Act with Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME-02). This legislation would require federal agencies to be strategically moved out of Washington, D.C. and relocated closer to the communities they serve. Senator Joni Ernst introduced companion legislation in the Senate.
“Moving federal agencies out of Washington and closer to the people most impacted will ensure that federal bureaucrats who have never left DC aren’t issuing out of touch mandates that disproportionately harm working families, small businesses, and our farmers who feed and fuel the world,” said Congresswoman Ashley Hinson. “There’s no valid reason why the Department of Agriculture should operate from D.C. when it could be situated in an agricultural state like Iowa. The American people simply want to drain the swamp, and this bipartisan bill will finally hold government accountable, save taxpayer dollars, and uphold the principles of public service.”
“No one knows better than fishermen what it takes to make a living on the water, or the threat that new regulations from far away can pose not only to their livelihoods but to their entire community or region,” said
Congressman Jared Golden. “That lived expertise about how we work and live can be found in every corner of America, but federal regulatory authority — and the good-paying jobs that come with it — reside largely in and around Washington, D.C. Redistributing federal agencies and jobs around the country would bring the government closer to the people, ensure regulators are embedded in the communities that thrive or struggle based on their rulings and bring good-paying jobs out of the beltway and into communities across the country.”
“Biden’s bureaucrats are writing regulations and bogging down households, family farms, and small businesses with arbitrary rules,” said Senator Joni Ernst. “Congresswoman Hinson and I are draining the swamp and reining in the administrative state that has run unchecked at the taxpayer’s expense. Bureaucrats need a reminder of exactly who they are serving. That’s why we’re working to get government beyond the beltway bubble, scrub regulations, and hold unelected bureaucrats accountable.”
