“It won’t change anything.” That’s a common refrain I hear when my colleagues with the Ethics and Public Policy Center’s HHS Accountability Project and I urge organizations and individuals on the right to submit public comments on rules proposed by federal agencies.
Before an agency rule has the force and effect of law, an agency must provide the public an opportunity to provide formal written public input on the agency’s proposal. The agency is then required to consider and respond to these comments in its final rule.
Those hesitant to participate in the rulemaking process are correct that it is unreasonable to expect that a well-reasoned comment would move an agency to completely abandon the current administration’s policy agenda.
But just because comments won’t change everything doesn’t mean they won’t change some things. And sometimes, those changes can be significant.
George Weigel, and Carl R. Trueman, and Devorah Goldman will speak at the "Confronting Antisemitism" conference hosted by the Institute for Faith and Freedom at Grove City College on April 11.
April 18, 2024
Catholic Information Center
Washington, D.C.
Jennifer Bryson will speak at the Catholic Information Center about the life and work of Ida Friederike Görres book and about translating her book The Church in the Flesh.
April 22, 2024 | 1 pm
American Enterprise Institute
1789 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Ryan T. Anderson, George Weigel, and Patrick Brown will speak at a conference on the legacy of Richard John Neuhaus and Peter L. Berger’s To Empower People at the American Enterprise Institute on April 22.
