--- description: "I think we need to repeal every rule that Barack Obama has" title: Here's Everything Jeb Bush Said He Would Repeal at the GOP Debate image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d108040712124bb/6988706fa988cae8c66b539b/gop-debate-candidates-fox.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Everything Jeb Bush Said He Would Repeal at the GOP Debate  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 11, 2015 2:37 AM CUT  Presidential candidates Ohio Governor John Kasich (L-R), Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz (R-TX), Carly Fiorina, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) take the stage in the Republican Presidential Debate sponsored by Fox Business and the Wall Street Journal at the Milwaukee Theatre November 10, 2015 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Presidential candidates Ohio Governor John Kasich (L-R), Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz (R-TX), Carly Fiorina, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) take the stage in the Republican Presidential Debate sponsored by Fox Business and the Wall Street Journal at the Milwaukee Theatre November 10, 2015 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Scott Olson / Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 11, 2015 2:37 AM CUT About 13 minutes into the fourth Republican debate, Jeb Bush took his first question and he came out swinging at President Barack Obama’s economic policies. Bush was asked about his plan to achieve 4% economic growth, and which specific regulations he would change. “I think we need to repeal every rule that Barack Obama has in terms of work in progress,” Bush said. “Every one of them, and start over.” This statement was met with cheers, and he proceeded to list a few specific rules he would repeal: the regulation of the internet, the Clean Power Plan, which established carbon pollution standards for power plants, and the Waters of the United States Rule, which protects thousands of waterways and wetlands. “We should repeal the rules because the economic costs of these far exceed the social benefit,” Bush said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4107653/jeb-bush-debate-repeal-obama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4107653/jeb-bush-debate-repeal-obama/"},"headline":"Here's Everything Jeb Bush Said He Would Repeal at the GOP Debate","datePublished":"2015-11-11T02:37:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:30:18.454Z","description":"\"I think we need to repeal every rule that Barack Obama has\"","url":"https://time.com/4107653/jeb-bush-debate-repeal-obama/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Barack Obama","jeb bush"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d108040712124bb/6988706fa988cae8c66b539b/gop-debate-candidates-fox.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d108040712124bb/6988706fa988cae8c66b539b/gop-debate-candidates-fox.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Milwaukee","caption":"GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Milwaukee","creditText":"Scott Olson / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4107653/jeb-bush-debate-repeal-obama/","name":"Here's Everything Jeb Bush Said He Would Repeal at the GOP Debate"}}]}] ```