Biden’s Regulations Nominee Left in Limbo With Rules Spree Ahead

Inside a chilly Capitol Hill office building in September, regulations chief nominee Richard Revesz waited to answer probing questions from a 14-member Senate committee known for its hostile confirmation hearings.

Instead, he faced a nearly empty dais of senators and few questions.

“Most folks, they’ve looked at your resume, they’ve looked at your background, and see that it’s consistent, and so there’s not a big press” to come to the hearing, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, told Revesz.

That doesn’t mean Revesz, nominated to lead the Office of Information ...