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Oversight and Investigations Oversight Hearing | May 20, 2026

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations · May 18, 2026

A House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing examined claims that fee-shifting statutes and settlement practices create a "profit engine" for some environmental nonprofits and probed whether the judgment fund has been used to buy out offshore wind leases. Witnesses and members debated incentives created by attorney-fee awards, examples of litigation-driven outcomes, offshore-wind settlements, and possible reforms.

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