In a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, Congressmen Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) and James Comer (R-Ky.) are demanding the bureau show the clear statutory authorization which granted it the power to engage in rulemaking on certain matters.
The letter comes following the Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. EPA invoked the major questions doctrine to limit agency action without “clear congressional authority.”
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