Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 495, I call up the bill (H.R. 288) to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 495, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-7 is adopted, and the bill, as amended, is considered read. The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows: H.R. 288 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023'' or ``SOPRA''. SEC. 2. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF STATUTORY AND REGULATORY INTERPRETATIONS. Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking ``To the extent necessary'' and inserting ``(a) To the extent necessary''; (2) by striking ``decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and''; (3) by inserting after ``of the terms of an agency action'' the following ``and decide de novo all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of constitutional and statutory provisions, and rules made by agencies.…”