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David Cay Johnston: “Wait a minute. The statute is clear under the Chevron case, the Supreme Court case. What it said is that if the Congress…”

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
Wait a minute. The statute is clear under the Chevron case, the Supreme Court case. What it said is that if the Congress has spoken on an issue and congressional intent is clear, then that congressional intent must be enforced. So that if, for example, you required that you meet 40 miles per gallon as a cafe standard, then I do not believe that the administrator could come in and say, well, look, it would be nice to go to 50 or 55 because we like that more. If Congress has spoken and the intent is clear, then you must follow congressional intent.
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David Cay Johnston
West Virginia

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Discussing the enforcement of congressional intent in relation to the Chevron case.

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