...proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had, before any Department or Agency of the United States, or the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either the House or any committee of either House or any...

...solicits another to do so; or whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or...due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due...

...criminal and civil law. For example, 18 USC 1505 makes it a crime to "obstruct, Impede or endeavor to Influence, obstruct, or Impede the due and proper administration of the law under wh4_ch any pending proceeding is being had...by either House [of Congress], or any committee of either...

...Honorable Anne Gorsuch, February 8, 1983. '°« Id. at 1-2. Whoever ... by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes, or...influence, obstruct, or impede . . . the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which such inquiry or investigation is being had by either House,...

...criminal statute provides: Whoever corruptly, or by threats of force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or...influence, obstruct or impede . . . the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House,...

...solicits another to do so: or Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by anr threatening letter or 2 communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or...due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being bad before any department or agency of the United States, or investigation...

...threatening letter or communication corruptly influences, obstructs or impedes or endeavors to corruptly influence, obstruct or impede the due and proper administration of the law under which any proceeding is pending before a state insurance regulatory official, agency or an association of...

...§ 1503 (1988) provides, whoever "corruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, influences, obstructs, or impedes,...endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years,...

...Black. [Appendix to hearing record, p. 275.] The United States Code provides: Whoever corruptly . . . influences, obstructs, or impedes or endeavors to...due and proper administration of the law under which any pending proceeding is being had before any department or agency of the United States, or the due...

...criminal penalties on one who, "corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, or impedes or...influence, obstruct, or impede . . . the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any inquiry or investigation is being had by either House,...