{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-joins-senate-response-to-end-of-chevron-doctrine", "Booker Joins Senate Response to End of Chevron Doctrine", "2024-07-24", "2024", "2024-07", "Democrat", "Senate", "NJ", "Cory A. Booker", "B001288", "www.booker.senate.gov", "booker", "https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 After the Supreme Court\u2019s conservative majority overturned the 40-year-old Chevron deference doctrine, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-NM), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Stop Corporate Capture Act (SCCA). The SCCA codifies the Chevron doctrine and modernizes and strengthens the rulemaking process to block corporations from hijacking our government.\n\nChevron required federal courts to defer to an expert agency\u2019s reasonable interpretation of ambiguous statutes administered by the agency. The Supreme Court\u2019s overturning of Chevron undermines our government\u2019s ability to protect Americans and the environment.\n\nGovernmental agencies engage in the federal rulemaking process to implement Congressional statutes. Currently, industry-backed lobbyists have an outsized influence in the regulatory process compared to the general public. With their significant resources, they are able to meet with regulators, fund favorable scientific studies to submit with public comments, and overstate the negative impact of stricter regulatory oversight. These actions slow down the enforcement of important regulations, and the American people and our planet pay the price.\n\nThe Stop Corporate Capture Act codifies the Chevron doctrine and reforms the regulatory process to end corporations\u2019 influence over the rulemaking process, prioritize scientific and public integrity, and reduce delays in implementation of laws. The bill was originally introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) in 2021.\n\nThe Stop Corporate Capture Act would:\n\nCodify Chevron deference\n\nModernize and reform the regulatory process under the Administrative Procedure Act.\n\nEmpower and expand public participation in the regulatory process.\n\nIncrease transparency and protect independent expertise in the regulatory process.\n\n\u201cThe Supreme Court\u2019s recent decision to overturn Chevron deference will have far-reaching implications that harm Americans,\u201d said Senator Booker. \u201cThe Stop Corporate Capture Act is crucial to ensuring that our government remains accountable to the people, not to corporate special interests. This legislation will codify Chevron into law and will modernize and restore transparency to rulemaking so agencies are able to effectively implement laws, protect public health and safety, and tackle the climate crisis while ensuring a clean environment for our communities. We must act now to forestall the devastating effects of this decision that prevents the federal government from addressing current and future challenges.\u201d\n\n\u201cGiant corporations are using far-right, unelected judges to hijack our government and undermine the will of Congress,\u201d said Senator Warren. \u201cThe Stop Corporate Capture Act will bring transparency and efficiency to the federal rulemaking process, and most importantly, will make sure corporate interest groups can\u2019t substitute their preferences for the judgment of Congress and the expert agencies.\u201d\n\n\u201cMany Americans are taught in civics classes that Congress passes a law and that\u2019s it, but the reality is that any major legislation enacted must also be implemented and enforced by the dedicated, nonpartisan experts at our public agencies to become a reality,\u201d said Congresswoman Jayapal. \u201cToo often, this process is driven by corporate lobbyists and special interests who know exactly how to make these processes benefit their bottom lines at the cost of public interest. Our Stop Corporate Capture Act couldn\u2019t be more critical after the extreme, conservative Supreme Court stripped the ability of governmental agencies to implement and enforce passed laws. I am proud to lead this bill, which will level the playing field and ensure that laws passed for the people actually work for the people.\u201d\n\n\u201cIn striking down Chevron, the Supreme Court continued the trend toward transforming unaccountable judges into politicians with robes\u2014unelected legislators and policymakers. Our measure is vital to preserving expert regulation and oversight, accountable to elected representatives, and preventing giant corporations and wealthy titans from exploiting power,\u201d said Senator Blumenthal. \u201cStop Corporate Capture is more than a catchy title\u2014it\u2019s a means to protect workers and consumers\u2014all of us\u2014from a self-serving few.\u201d\n\n\u201cBy overturning Chevron, this Supreme Court has undermined the regulatory system our country rests on, jeopardizing Americans and preventing the federal government from effectively governing to protect consumers,\u201d said Senator Hirono. \u201cThe Stop Corporate Capture Act would reverse this reckless decision and help to reform the regulatory process by establishing transparency in rulemaking, limiting judicial interference, and holding agencies accountable.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Supreme Court's latest decision to end the Chevron Doctrine gives big corporations more power over the government,\u201d said Senator Luj\u00e1n. \u201cThis will ultimately slow down or halt work being done in our communities, including efforts to safeguard our environment. My colleagues and I are ready to codify the Chevron Doctrine and modernize regulatory processes so they can work for everyone.\u201d\n\n\u201cEnshrining Chevron in law means a more responsive and effective government. For 40 years, our courts allowed federal agency expertise to act and solve problems before an extremist and illegitimate Supreme Court overturned decades of precedent in Loper-Bright. Congress should swiftly pass the Stop Corporate Capture Act to keep the government working for the American people,\u201d said Senator Markey.\n\n\u201cThis MAGA Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn 40 years of legal precedent is a direct assault on government \u2018of, by, and for the people,\u2019 and shows who the Court really works for\u2014the privileged and the powerful,\u201d said Senator Merkley. \u201cThe Stop Corporate Capture Act restores the Chevron doctrine and reforms the federal rulemaking process to protect consumers, workers, health care, and our environment. We must pass our bill to level the playing field and ensure our government puts people first, not giant corporations.\u201d\n\n\u201cIn overturning the 40-year-old Chevron deference precedent, the ultra-conservative Supreme Court has fundamentally undermined the federal government\u2019s ability to protect consumers, workers, the environment, public health, and so much more. It\u2019s impossible to overstate the harm that Americans could face if we don\u2019t act. This legislation protects federal agencies\u2019 bedrock authority to carry out the laws that Congress passes \u2013 while making the regulatory process more open, transparent, and grounded in the public interest,\u201d said Senator Van Hollen.\n\n\u201cOnce again, the right-wing Supreme Court handed corporations the outcome they wanted on a silver platter,\u201d said Senator Wyden. \u201cWhen the futures of so many are threatened by rising prices and special interests, this legislation would return power to the people and ensure that the federal rulemaking process helps Americans, not corporate pocketbooks.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Stop Corporate Capture Act is a comprehensive blueprint for modernizing, improving, and strengthening the regulatory system to better protect the public,\u201d said Rachel Weintraub, executive director of the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards. \u201cThe bill would restore Chevron deference, ensuring that courts defer to agencies as long as their interpretation of an ambiguous statute is reasonable. The bill would enhance our government\u2019s ability to deliver results for workers, consumers, public health, and our environment and would level the playing field so that people \u2013 not just big corporations \u2013 can weigh in on potential rules that affect them.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Loper Bright decision severely undermined the ability of expert federal agencies and Congress to address our most pressing environmental and health challenges, and instead, transferred an inordinate amount of power to judges who lack the profound understanding needed to craft federal regulations,\u201d said Earthjustice Vice President of Policy and Legislation Ra\u00fal Garc\u00eda. \u201cThis bill rightly remedies an egregious power grab from the U.S. Supreme Court while creating a more transparent and equitable federal rulemaking process. We thank Senators for fighting to ensure that expert federal agencies have the power and mandate to protect the people who need these protections the most, not greedy corporations concerned more about their profits.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:24:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-joins-senate-response-to-end-of-chevron-doctrine"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4493840280920267, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}