Mulvaney told Trump officials that their "top priority" would be deregulation: Axios

Acting Chief of Staff of the White House Mick MulvaneyJohn (Mick) Michael Mulvaney: High stakes: Trump and Dems start talks on the price of drugs Trump declares national emergency on the border The governor of Puerto Rico threatens to sue about the declaration National Emergency: "Appointment in the courthouse & # 39; MORE At a meeting, key Trump administration officials recently said that their "number one priority" would be deregulation in the coming year, Axios reported on Sunday.

A senior official told Axios that when Mulvaney meets with the president to assess the performance of the secretaries of cabinet, deregulation would be one of the main criteria on their list.

"We knew that there was one thing we could do without legislation," the media official said.

President TrumpDonald John TrumpGillibrand Supports Federal Ranking of the Third Sex: Report Carter's Former Investigator, Patrick Caddell, Ally of Bannon, Dies at the Age of 68 Heather Nauert Removes Her Name from Her Ambassador Position at UN PLUS attention to the cancellation of regulations, especially environmental ones, since their election.

Deregulation through leading agencies allows the president to bypass Congress for the most part, avoiding major political battles.

Trump used this to reverse the Obama era restrictions on air pollution, coal-fired power plants and toxic chemicals used in agriculture.

Environmentalists and Democrats have criticized the changes made by the Trump administration to the policy of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Ministry of the Interior.

The White House did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment on the Axios report.