White House Releases Extreme Anti-Regulatory Agenda Putting Corporate Profits Ahead of Workers, Consumers, Families

For Immediate Release: July 6, 2026
Contact: David Rosen, drosen@citizen.org

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House released the 2026 Unified Agenda late last week. The agenda argues for putting corporate profits above clean air, safe drinking water, nontoxic products, and numerous other protections Americans are counting on our government to deliver. 

The administration is required by law to release regulatory agendas twice a year in order to maximize transparency and ensure the public can track when regulations are issued or rolled back. The Trump administration’s 2026 agenda is unprecedented in its delay and its annualized scope, both of which violate the law. 

Rachel Weintraub, executive director of the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, issued the following statement: 

“It’s hard to decipher whether the Trump administration or regulated corporations wrote this new Unified Agenda. The agenda is a pro-corporate laundry list targeting consumer, worker, environmental, public health, and safety protections. The Trump administration has decided it will ignore the law and publish the agenda only once this year to hide its deeply unpopular regulatory rollbacks from the public.”

Katie Tracy, senior regulatory policy advocate for Public Citizen, issued the following statement:

“The Unified Agenda is supposed to inform the public about which safeguards federal agencies will prioritize over the next six months. The monstrosity released last Friday calls for corporate self-regulation without government oversight packaged using a heavy dose of authoritarian rhetoric. This so-called plan minimizes the legal duty and vital responsibility agencies have in designing reasoned decisions with and on behalf of the public. 

“The White House’s claim that repealing federal protections is economically beneficial for American families is false. This is pro-corporate disinformation espoused by President Trump, Russell Vought, and their cronies. The truth is that the benefits of regulations far outweigh their costs. Slashing safeguards pushes the harm corporations cause squarely onto American families, resulting in higher costs for food, household products, medical bills, bank fees, and so much more.”