Patrick Leahy: “The challenge facing us as lawmakers is how to encourage innovation, growth, and competition while at the same time…”

On February 23rd of this year, Senators Schumer and Coburn and I wrote you a letter commending your decision to sever ties with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR.

Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.

We thought that the decision that was made was prudent and long overdue.

I can say with absolute certainty that the proposed rules directly conflict with the legislation on a variety of matters, especially on provisions that limit access to the PTAB.