Rick Perry is thinking big. Today at his Bettendorf, Iowa event, Perry will call for fundamental changes in the way Washington operates.

Here are some of his proposals, according to a new two-page memo obtained by Politico.

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• Cut congressional pay in half and repeal the rules that prevent members of Congress from holding real jobs in their home states and communities.
•  Criminalize insider trading by members of Congress.
• Until a Balanced Budget Amendment is ratified by the states, support cutting Congressional pay in half if Congress fails to propose a long-term balanced budget. Freeze federal civilian hiring and salaries until the budget is balanced.
• Veto any bill that places a new, unfunded mandate on states, local communities, or schools.
• Work with Congress to pass legislation requiring a 2/3s majority to pass any increase in taxes.
• End Life-time Appointments to the Supreme Court
• End lifetime appointments of federal judges by instituting an 18-year term limit. This would have to apply prospectively (eg. not to current Supreme Court judges) and require a Constitutional Amendment.
• Issue an immediate moratorium on all pending federal regulations, order a full audit of every regulation passed since 2008 and repeal any regulation that is not affordable, effective and appropriate.
• Support legislation to automatically sunset federal regulations unless Congress votes to renew them.
• Develop an online, searchable database of all federal regulations currently in force.
• Work with Congress to dismantle, reform, and restructure wasteful, overbearing, and redundant federal agencies:
• The Department of Commerce, Department of Education and the Department of Energy would be completely eliminated. Essential duties – such as DoE’s Nuclear Security Administration, would be transferred to other agencies.
• The Department of Homeland Security (including the Transportation Security Administration, which would be privatized) and the Environmental Protection Agency would be restructured and reformed entirely.