House Republicans Raise ‘Major Questions’ On EPA, Corps WOTUS Rule

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA), key House Republicans are invoking the court’s “major questions doctrine” to press EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to justify how their plan to redefine the law’s scope fits within the authority Congress has granted the agencies. The push for answers -- in a Sept. 20 letter signed by the top Republicans on most major House committees -- follows news that EPA...