President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness at the White House on August 24, 2022.
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President Joe Biden nominated NYU professor Richard Revesz for a key executive role.
If confirmed by the Senate, Revesz would lead the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
The office reviews regulations coming out of federal executive agencies.
President Joe Biden made the anticipated nomination of Richard Revesz, a dean emeritus and professor at the New York University School of Law, for a key role overseeing regulations coming out of the executive brand.
On Friday, the White House put up Revesz for the role of administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, promoting Revesz as an expert in environmental and regulatory law. The administration emphasized his work “advocating for protective and rational climate change and environmental policies.” The role requires Senate confirmation.
OIRA, which is part of the Office of Management and Budget, reviews regulations coming out of the major federal agencies in the executive branch. The agency also oversees the implementation of policies and regulations and the cost-benefit analysis of regulations, according to the White House website.
The appointment of Revesz, if he’s confirmed, would make him the first permanent leader of OIRA since Biden took office in 2021.
Revesz has written in support of environmental regulations and the power of the regulatory state. In July, he argued in a piece in Bloomberg Law that the US Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. EPA could hurt the ability of government agencies to respond to novel environmental challenges.
Potential nominees for the post, which would help determine how the administration wielded regulations to address a variety of issues, were a point of contention and the administration took time considering its options, Politico reported last month, citing people familiar with the selection efforts.