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Affirming Congress’ Constitutional Oversight Responsibilities: Subpoena Authority and Recourse for Failure to Comply with Lawfully Issued Subpoenas
WASHINGTON – Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today sent a letter to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey in response to her objections to the committee’s validly-issued subpoena served on July 13 and accepted on July 14. Today’s letter, sent one day after Chairman Smith’s similar letter to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, states the committee finds Attorney General Healey’s objections without merit.
WASHINGTON – Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today sent a letter to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in response to his objections to the committee’s validly-issued subpoena served and accepted on July 13. Today’s letter states the committee finds Attorney General Schneiderman’s objections without merit.
Re: “AGs fighting Smith’s latest climate change crusade,” Rick Casey, Other Views, Saturday:
This opinion piece attacked the Committee on Science, Space and Technology’s oversight of the effects of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s climate change investigations. Mr. Casey’s piece included a number of incorrect assertions that I write to correct.
WASHINGTON – Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today issued subpoenas to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, and eight environmental organizations to obtain documents related to coordinated efforts to deprive companies, nonprofit organizations, scientists and scholars of their First Amendment rights.