Abuse of the Equal Access to Justice Act by Environmental NGOs

House Committee on Natural Resources (subcommittee hearing) · December 11, 2025

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Chair (identified later in the hearing as Chair Gosar) called the subcommittee to order, moved routine unanimous-consent requests permitting members to sit and participate remotely or as guests (members from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana were named), and invoked committee rules limiting opening oral statements to the chair and ranking member.

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Hearing of the House Natural Resources subcommittee on alleged abuse of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EJA) by environmental NGOs; Republicans urged transparency and caps on awards while Democrats and witnesses defended EJA's role in enabling public-interest litigation and warned reforms could restrict access for veterans and Social Security claimants.

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