Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law

Chairman Goodlatte: The modern federal administrative state is an institution unforeseen by the Framers of our Constitution and rapidly mushrooming out of control. The “Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016” takes square aim at one of the biggest roots of this problem – the Chevron doctrine, under which federal courts regularly defer to regulatory agencies’ self-serving interpretations of the statutes they administer.  Similarly, the bill takes on the related Auer doctrine, under which courts defer to agencies’ interpreta

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.) today praised the House Judiciary Committee’s approval of the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016 (H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: Eighteen months ago, this Committee commenced a “pattern or practice” investigation into the Justice Department’s mortgage lending settlements. We found that DOJ is systematically subverting Congress’s spending power by requiring settling parties to donate money to activist groups. In just the last two years, DOJ has directed nearly a billion dollars to third-parties entirely outside of Congress’s spending and oversight authority.  Of that, over half-a-billion has already been disbursed or is committed to being disbursed.

Chairman Goodlatte: Eighteen months ago, this Committee commenced a “pattern or practice” investigation into the Justice Department’s mortgage lending settlements. We found that DOJ is systematically subverting Congress’s spending power by requiring settling parties to donate money to activist groups. In just the last two years, DOJ has directed nearly a billion dollars to third-parties entirely outside of Congress’s spending and oversight authority. Of that, over half-a-billion has already been disbursed or is committed to being disbursed.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today introduced the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016 (H.R. 5063) to stop the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) “pattern or practice” of systematically subverting Congress’s budget authority by using settlements from financial institutions to funnel money to left-wing activist groups.

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of April 25-29, 2016. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2710:00 a.m. | Full Committee Markup

• H.R. __, the “Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016” (Rep.