Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins has announced a hearing titled “From Protection to Persecution: EPA Enforcement Gone Rogue Under the Biden Administration.” The session aims to investigate the alleged weaponization of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the Biden Administration and its impact on small businesses. Additionally, it will explore legislative solutions to limit the use of consent decrees and alleviate federal regulatory burdens on small enterprises.
Higgins stated, “The Biden-era EPA’s burdensome consent decrees and politically-motivated regulatory enforcement targeted small businesses and local communities, resulting in devastating financial consequences across the country. These ‘environmental justice’ directives went far beyond federal law and compelled American businesses to choose persecution of bankruptcy by fines or persecution by liberal DOJ lawyers. President Trump is taking bold steps to roll back the Biden Administration’s EPA overreach. It is now up to Congress to build on that momentum and put a permanent end to the agency’s weaponization against hardworking Americans.”
The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. ET in HVC-210 at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. Witnesses include Kory Willis, Owner and Founder of PPEI Custom Tuning, and Justin A. Savage, Partner at Sidley Austin LLP. The event will be available via livestream.
