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Loeffler: Biden Administration Passed Record $1.7 Trillion in Regulations

Kelly Loeffler · Billionaire Business Expert: How Small Businesses Can Get Money - SBA Head, Kelly Loeffler · May 14, 2025 · at 22:45

SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler discusses the regulatory burden on small businesses and manufacturers with host Codie Sanchez.

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“And in fact, the Biden administration passed 1.7 trillion dollars in regulation, setting an all-time record by many multiples of massive regulation.”

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The Biden administration enacted $1.7 trillion in new regulations, setting an all-time record.

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Assessment

Standard regulatory tracking organizations and congressional analyses confirm that the Biden administration finalized new regulations totaling over $1.7 trillion in cumulative regulatory costs, setting an all-time record in modern tracking history. Specifically, the American Action Forum's (AAF) comprehensive post-term analysis (January 2025) found that cumulative regulatory costs enacted under the Biden administration reached more than $1.8 trillion based on agency self-reported figures in the Federal Register. AAF noted that this total set an all-time record since it began tracking in 2005, significantly exceeding cumulative totals under the Obama administration ($494 billion to $890 billion across eight years) and the first Trump administration (net cost of ~$40 billion).

American Action Forum (January 2025) recorded cumulative Biden administration regulatory costs exceeding $1.8 trillion, concluding it set an all-time tracking record.
House Budget Committee and hearing records (July 2024) documented cumulative rulemaking costs under the Biden administration reaching $1.6 trillion to $1.7 trillion.
Calendar year 2024 alone saw nearly $1.4 trillion in net regulatory costs finalized, led by the EPA's $870 billion multi-pollutant vehicle emissions rule.

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