Kasich in NH vows to freeze most federal regulations if elected president

The Ohio governor is the sole GOP candidate not in Iowa on the eve of that state's caucuses

Associated Press

SALEM, N.H.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich says if elected president he’ll push Congress to freeze every federal regulation not dealing with health and safety for a full year.

Campaigning at an Elks Lodge in Salem, New Hampshire, Kasich said cutting regulations that kill small businesses would be a priority of his first 100 days. He said after sending Congress a bill to freeze regulations, he’d start a review of “every regulation in the country.”

Kasich has made reducing the size of government central to his campaign. A clock showing the growing national debt is standard at his town hall events, and he often cites his work to balance the federal budget when he was in Congress during the 1990s.

Kasich is the only candidate in New Hampshire today as his rivals campaign in Iowa. He does not plan to return to Iowa for Monday’s caucuses. He’ll host three events in New Hampshire instead.