In the week that will mark his 100th day in office, President Trump will sign four new executive orders, including one calling for a review of offshore-drilling regulations and another directing a review of national-monument designations on federal lands.
The president also plans to to sign an order establishing an “office of accountability and whistleblower protection” at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The new office will be charged with helping the Veterans Affairs secretary “discipline or terminate [Veterans Affairs] managers or employees who fail to carry out their duties in helping our veterans,” according to a White House official.
Trump is also expected Tuesday to sign an executive order creating a task force “to examine the concerns of rural America and suggest legislative and regulatory changes to address them,” the White House said.
The order on national monuments will direct the Interior Department to review prior monument designations under a more than 100-year-old law that authorizes the president to establish federal lands as national monuments.
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SOURCE: ABC News, Alexander Mallin and Veronica Stracqualursi
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