Congressional findings were that the Center "is a vital national resource for meeting the needs of individuals who are deaf-blind and no State currently has the facilities or personnel to meet such needs".

But even under a more elastic definition of activity that affects the economy, the justices appeared dubious about accepting the Congressional findings on the economic impact of violence against women.

Congressional findings Congress found a national interest for the management protection and use of coastal zones.

The Justice Department, citing Congressional "findings of fact" to the contrary, disagrees.

Authors of the new ban have tried to answer the court by including Congressional findings that the procedure is never warranted for the health of the pregnant woman.

Her questioning during the argument took note of Congressional findings that states were major perpetrators of bias against the disabled.

Third, we noted that neither Section 922(q) "nor its legislative history contains express Congressional findings regarding the effects upon interstate commerce of gun possession in a school zone."

But the existence of Congressional findings is not sufficient, by itself, to sustain the constitutionality of Commerce Clause legislation.

The Act's preamble included the following Congressional findings that quantify the motivation for the new law:

Whether there had been Congressional findings of an economic link between guns and education.