Rep. Tom Graves Votes To Sink EPA Water Rule

  • Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Representative Tom Graves (R-GA-14) on Wednesday voted for and the House passed a resolution (S.J. Res. 22) that rescinds the EPA’s “Waters of the United States” rule and prohibits similar rules in the future. The resolution passed the Senate in November and will now be sent to the president’s desk. 

“The out of touch bureaucrats in Washington need to leave farmers and agribusiness in Georgia alone,” said Rep.

Graves. “The EPA has no business regulating small streams, farm ponds and irrigation ditches. The president should join our pro-jobs, pro-agriculture effort and sign this bill to stop the EPA.”

 

The “Waters of the United States” rule was published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers on June 29, 2015. It would significantly broaden the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act and result in a major expansion of the federal government’s power over land across America.

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