# Oversight Hearing on the "10th Anniversary of the Congressional Review Act."

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2006 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT
HEARING
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
MARCH 30, 2006
Serial No. 109–97
Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary
Available via the World Wide Web: http://judiciary.house.gov
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, Jr., Wisconsin, Chairman HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina LAMAR SMITH, Texas ELTON GALLEGLY, California BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia STEVE CHABOT, Ohio DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee CHRIS CANNON, Utah SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama BOB INGLIS, South Carolina JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana MARK GREEN, Wisconsin RIC KELLER, Florida DARRELL ISSA, California JEFF FLAKE, Arizona MIKE PENCE, Indiana J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia STEVE KING, Iowa
TOM FEENEY, Florida TRENT FRANKS, Arizona LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
JOHN CONYERS, Jr., Michigan HOWARD L. BERMAN, California RICK BOUCHER, Virginia JERROLD NADLER, New York ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina ZOE LOFGREN, California SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas MAXINE WATERS, California MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts ROBERT WEXLER, Florida ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York ADAM B. SCHIFF, California LINDA T. SÁNCHEZ, California CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
PHILIP G. KIKO, Chief of Staff-General Counsel PERRY H. APELBAUM, Minority Chief Counsel
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
CHRIS CANNON, Utah Chairman
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina TRENT FRANKS, Arizona STEVE CHABOT, Ohio MARK GREEN, Wisconsin RANDY J. FORBES, Virginia LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland JERROLD NADLER, New York DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
RAYMOND V. SMIETANKA, Chief Counsel SUSAN A. JENSEN, Counsel BRENDA HANKINS, Counsel MIKE LENN, Full Committee Counsel STEPHANIE MOORE, Minority Counsel
C O N T E N T S
MARCH 30, 2006
OPENING STATEMENT
WITNESSES
Mr. J. Christopher Mihm, Managing Director for Strategic Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C. Oral Testimony Prepared Statement
Mr. Morton Rosenberg, Esq., Specialist in American Public Law, American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Oral Testimony Prepared Statement
Mr. Todd F. Gaziano, Esq., Senior Fellow in Legal Studies, and Director, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C. Oral Testimony Prepared Statement
Mr. John V. Sullivan, Esq., Parliamentarian, Office of the Parliamentarian, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
Oral Testimony Prepared Statement
APPENDIX
Material Submitted for the Hearing Record
10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006
House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC.
PREPARED STATEMENT OF OPENING STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE CHRIS CANNON, CHAIR, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, FOR THE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT
TESTIMONY OF J. CHRISTOPHER MIHM, MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR STRATEGIC ISSUES, U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
PREPARED STATEMENT OF J. CHRISTOPHER MIHM
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TESTIMONY OF MORTON ROSENBERG, ESQ., SPECIALIST IN AMERICAN PUBLIC LAW, AMERICAN LAW DIVISION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D.C.
PREPARED STATEMENT OF MORTON ROSENBERG, ESQ.
Dean Kagan's observations and theories appear to have been almost a blueprint for the presidential actions and posture toward Congress of the current Administration.(see footnote 8)
TESTIMONY OF TODD F. GAZIANO, ESQ., SENIOR FELLOW IN LEGAL STUDIES, AND DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR LEGAL AND JUDICIAL STUDIES, THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
PREPARED STATEMENT OF TODD F. GAZIANO
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TESTIMONY OF JOHN V. SULLIVAN, ESQ., PARLIAMENTARIAN, OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARIAN, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D.C.
PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE JOHN V. SULLIVAN
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A P P E N D I X
Material Submitted for the Hearing Record
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(Footnote 1 return) See, Christopher Yoo, Steven G. Calabresi, and Anthony J. Colangelo, The Unitary Executive in the Modern Era, 1945–2004, 90 Iowa L. Rev. 601, 690–729 (2005) (detailing the history of presidential control of administrative actions of departments and agencies in the Reagan, Bush I, Clinton and Bush II administrations) (Yoo).
(Footnote 2 return) Mark Seidenfeld, The Psychology of Accountability and Political Review of Agency Rules, 51 Duke L.J. 1059, 1090 (2001).
(Footnote 3 return) Cynthia R. Farina, Undoing The New Deal Through The New Presidentialism, 22 Harv. J. of Law and Policy 227 (1998).
(Footnote 4 return) Elena Kagan, Presidential Administration, 114 Harv. L. Rev. 2246 (2001) (Kagan).
(Footnote 5 return) Kagan at 2314.
(Footnote 6 return) Id.
(Footnote 7 return) Kagan at 2347.
(Footnote 8 return) See Yoo at 722–30.
(Footnote 9 return) Whitman v. American Trucking Assn's, 531 U.S. 457 (2001).