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ncies' own estimates.Heritage found 
the costliest regulations between 2009 and Jan. 20, 2013, came out of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, with their rules imposing nearly $40 
billion in costs. Next in line was the Department of Transportation, followed 
by the Department of Energy.The Department of Health and Human Services 
was in the middle of the pack, though with regulations from the 
federal health care overhaul still in the pipeline, costs associated with 
that agency could rise in the years to come.The costliest rule was 
issued by both the EPA and Department of Transportation, imposing new fuel 
economy standards on U.S. automobiles. It's estimated to cost $10.8 billion 
annually, potentially adding $1,800 to the price of a new car as 
manufacturers spend more money to comply.Costing nearly as much was an EPA 
rule requiring utilities and other fossil fuel plants to limit emissions 
-- though part of that rule is still under review.Though environmental rules 
were the costliest, Heritage found that the highest number of regulations 
in 2012 were actually in the financial field as a result of 
the "Dodd-Frank" financial industry overhaul passed by Congress.The Obama 
administration acknowledges that EPA rules are the costliest of any agency. 
But the administration claims those rules also come with the biggest benefits 
-- benefits that far outweigh the costs.A report put out earlier this 
year by the White House Office of Management and Bud
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas suggested at a forum last month that 
President Obama was helped in his historic 2008 bid by getting the 
approval of the "elites and the media" for saying "the prescribed things."Thomas 
made the comments during a CSPAN interview a month ago.Asked if he 
thought he'd see a black president in his lifetime, Thomas -- who 
is black, and a conservative -- said he did.But he said the 
first black president would have to meet certain tests."The thing that I 
always knew is that it would have to be a black president 
who was approved by the elites and the media because anybody they 
didn't agree with, they would take apart," he said. "And that will 
happen with virtually -- you pick your person, any black person who 
says something that is not the prescribed things that they expect from 
a black person will be picked apart. ... So, I always assumed 
it would be somebody the media had to agree with."Thomas also revealed 
that he's never had an in-depth conversation with Obama, and has only 
interacted with him "in passing."


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