Trump signs four bills to roll back Obama-era regulations

Posted online March 28, 2017 | 11:37 am

President Donald Trump on Monday signed four bills that reverse Obama-era rules on education, land use and federal purchasing.

The rolled back rules include the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces act, which barred companies from receiving federal contracts if they had a history of violating wage, labor or workplace safety laws; a rule that gave the government a larger role in land use decisions; and two regulations measuring school performance and teacher training under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Promising to "remove every job-killing regulation we can find," Trump said even more regulation-cutting bills were on the way.

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