All this is just political theater: members of Congress insisting conservation groups “profit” from making agencies follow the law—while those same agencies routinely get away with ignoring it, unless groups with the capacity step in to hold them accountable. No wonder FOFA is being pushed so aggressively — it strips out the very oversight that exposes those failures in the first place.

The attacks on EAJA aren’t about attorney fees; they’re a new angle of attack, a smokescreen while destructive projects proceed under the guise of “management.” Undercut accountability, speed up extraction, and blame the people who pointed out the violations.