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Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement upon the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Brighter Enterprises et al. v Raimondo, which overturned the 1984 Chevron case that expanded the power of the federal bureaucracy.
 
“This decision by the Supreme Court reiterates the Constitutional premise that Congress is tasked with making the laws of the land, interpreted by the courts, and not the executive branch by way of unelected bureaucrats,” said Chairman Newhouse. “By ending deference, regulators are stripped of their ability to skew Congressional intent and must execute the laws as they are written, rather than enact their own agendas. As Chairman of the Western Caucus, I applaud this decision which will return the power back to those elected by the people and prevent future regulations from being bent to the whims of federal agencies.”
 
The Court decided 6-3 to overturn the decision that gave agencies across the federal government leeway to interpret ambiguous laws. Dubbed the Chevron deference, it employed judges to defer to the agencies when the law is ambiguous.