Oversight and Investigations Oversight Hearing | December 10, 2025

House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee · December 11, 2025

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Call to order and hearing purpose

Presentation

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Chair Gosar called the subcommittee to order and stated the hearing's purpose: to examine alleged abuses of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EJA) by environmental NGOs.

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House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing on Dec. 9, 2025 examined competing claims over the Equal Access to Justice Act (EJA): Republicans and industry witnesses said environmental NGOs have exploited the statute to recover large attorney-fee awards and delay projects; Democrats and legal scholars defended EJA as essential for access to courts and pointed to safeguards and agency underfunding.

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