Letters

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent letters to three Biden Administration department heads requesting information about any agency rules, actions, or decisions impacted by the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, which overturned the 1984 Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council (Chevron) decision. 

Chevron opened the door to courts’ deference to agency interpretation of laws passed by Congress, which allowed the Executive Branch to usurp the legislative authority granted exclusively to Congress through Article I of the Constitution.

To help the committees conduct oversight of these agencies, Graves and Comer requested the Biden Administration officials to send any information about legislative rules proposed or promulgated, agency adjudications initiated or completed, enforcement actions brought by agencies, and agency interpretive rules proposed or issued since January 20, 2021.  The committee chairmen also requested information about any judicial decisions in cases to which agencies have been a party since the 1984 Chevron decision.  

Read the full letter to Secretary Buttigieg, the letter to Secretary Mayorkas, and the letter to Administrator Regan.