With fresh political regimes comes a renewed cry from Republicans to curb government regulations.

Republican House Minority Leader Patrick Neville of Castle Rock and U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Yuma both recently called for regulatory reform in respective letters.

Gardner-who was recently tapped to lead the National Republican Senatorial Committee-sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting that the Democratic administration stop issuing non-emergency rules and regulations in the final weeks of Obama’s term.

The idea behind the letter is that since the American people elected a Republican president in Donald Trump and maintained GOP control of Congress, the Obama administration should take notice and curtail enacting any new regulations.

“In a clear and direct repudiation of consistent regulatory overreach by federal agencies, the American people have, for the first time since 2007, handed control of both the executive and legislative branches of government to the same majority. It is our job now to determine the right balance between regulation and free market principles and make sure that our federal government no longer stands between Americans and financial success,” Gardner wrote in the letter, which is signed by 22 fellow Republican senators.

The letter highlights rules around governing small bodies of water, coal and banking.

“We have the opportunity to return to common-sense principles of regulation and curb unnecessary government interference in the private sector,” Gardner wrote. “In doing so, we will grow the economy, create jobs, and, above all, help the people who have been overlooked the past eight years.”

Neville focused on state regulations, pointing out that in the last three years, Colorado has promulgated nearly 1,600 new rules and regulations.

“When you consider how little time business owners have, expecting them to stay current on new regulations and make the changes necessary to avoid fines and penalties while still operating a successful business is highly impractical,” Neville wrote in a House Republican newsletter.

“State agencies promulgating these rules should have to thoroughly evaluate the financial impact of new rules, and be able to clearly articulate how that cost is justifiable and necessary.”

The newly-elected House Republican leader said his caucus will focus on “fighting hard to get this out-of-control rule-making process under control.”

However, those comments don’t take into account that Gov. John Hickenlooper’s Democratic administration also has eliminated and replaced rules already on the books.

GOP proposals include legislation that would require state agencies to evaluate the cost and benefits of new rules-something Hickenlooper independently did as governor when his administration reviewed more than 7,500 rules by executive agencies.

House Majority Leader KC Becker of Boulder said Democrats are willing to work with Republicans on regulatory reform, but that she is skeptical the over-reach is as significant as Republicans say.

“Sometimes they think this general notion, that there’s all these regulations, but often they’re lacking in detail, and so that has to be the focus,” Becker said. “How any regulatory reform actually affects people really matters.”

Becker also appeared skeptical of the premise that the recent election was a referendum on government regulation.

“We’re going to be analyzing how and why Donald Trump got elected for a long time. I’m hearing lots of theories on that,” Becker said. “But that it’s a reaction to any sort of regulatory reform is a new one on me.”