The EPA knew that these waivers did not qualify as rules under the cra. They have never qualified as rules under the cra, and The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, the GAO as well as the nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian even affirmed that they were not subject to the CRA earlier this year. But the EPA chose to ignore that and submitted them as rules anyway, launching this unprecedented power grab in May, I stated that it continued to hold up EPA nominees … (07:40–07:54)
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Asserts that both the GAO and Senate parliamentarian affirmed the waivers were not subject to the CRA.
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