Roll Call | June 30, 2022
Lawrence Gostin, faculty director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law within Georgetown University, said “the breadth of this opinion goes beyond the EPA’s ability to regulate the environment and touches the authority of all federal agencies that issue regulations to protect our environment, health and safety. The ripple effects of this decision are profound, and could hamstring agencies like the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Occupational Safety and Health Administration], EPA, [Food and Drug Administration] and [the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] from regulating a huge number of issues.”