On Saturday, former Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Many portray Perez as the moderate pick compared to his top challenger, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who is considered part of the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party.

But one look at Perez’s track record at the Department of Labor shows he is anything but moderate. His political preferences guided his regulatory agenda, rather than fulfilling the agency’s mission as set forth by Congress. In the process, Perez imposed a whopping $49 billion in regulatory costs and 56 million paperwork burden hours.