"More hearings like this one will be necessary for Congress to begin to reclaim what it has lost."
"Chevron's impact on judging, however, is more difficult to pin down."
"I want to get a chance to talk about agencies and the appeal process, because we also have an issue with agencies now receiving--and it has been for a while..."
"the most effective line of defense against executive overreach is often the courts"
"I think an important first step is for the Senate to address these vacancies on these pending nominations."
"Is it inappropriate to ask any agency not to be able to make a consent decree if you are changing a discretionary authority to a mandatory authority?"
"So, where is the check, as I have mentioned before, for an agency or an independent agency that they both create the rule, they interpret the rule, they enforce the rule..."
"the Administration tends to come up with its own, not just interpretation, but changes in statute by executive action"
"the challenge that I see on this is how to continue to give Congress its legislative powers that are required by the Constitution"
"What about changing line items of spending, that you could do a consent decree to change line items of spending?"
"But, are affected parties brought to the table?"