Pruitt: When you think about an EPA—armed, weaponized, if you will—like a rule like WOTUS, the Waters of the United States rule, that would take a puddle and turn into a lake. To take land use decisions away from farmers and ranchers and landowners across this country, and people think it was just farming and […]
THE DAILY SIGNAL: Commentary: Daren Bakst: Congress Should Let Funds Evaporate for ‘Clean Water Rule’
/in NEWS /by wpengineThe WOTUS Rule takes this federal overreach to a new level. For example, it would regulate certain man-made ditches and even regulate what most people would consider dry land. Congress should expressly prohibit funding for implementation and enforcement of the WOTUS Rule. While courts are likely to block enforcement of the rule, the 6th Circuit […]
THE DES MOINES REGISTER: Opinion: Vice President Mike Pence: Tax cuts are working in Iowa
/in NEWS /by wpengineOur president has signed more laws cutting through red tape than any president in American history. We’ve eliminated 22 federal regulations for every one we’ve issued, and we’re rolling back the disastrous Waters of the United States mandate. Continue reading at The Des Moines Register…
THE CAPITAL PRESS: Editorial: EPA leader focuses on outcomes, not punishment
/in NEWS /by wpengineThe agency has suspended the Waters of the United States regulations written under the Obama administration. The language of that rule would have extended regulation to isolated bodies of water that have a “significant nexus” with navigable waters of the United States. The rule was overly broad, and expanded the already considerable reach of the […]
THE DAILY SIGNAL: The Weaponization of the EPA Is Over: An Exclusive Interview With Scott Pruitt
/in NEWS /by wpenginePruitt: When you think about an EPA—armed, weaponized, if you will—like a rule like WOTUS, the Waters of the United States rule, that would take a puddle and turn into a lake. To take land use decisions away from farmers and ranchers and landowners across this country, and people think it was just farming and […]
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD: Nebraska Farm Bureau endorses Sen. Deb Fischer’s re-election bid
/in NEWS /by wpengineThe political arm of the Nebraska Farm Bureau has thrown its support behind U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer in her bid for re-election. Mark McHargue, head of the Nebraska Farm Bureau’s political action committee, cited Fischer’s work on such things as encouraging the repeal of the EPA’s Waters of the United States rule, promoting trade deals […]
THE QUINCY VALLEY POST-REGISTER: Column: Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA): Trump right to reverse federal overreach
/in NEWS /by wpengineI supported the Trump administration’s recent announcement to delay the implementation of WOTUS for two years as federal agencies go back to the drawing board on defining navigable waterways to give private property owners clarity and peace of mind. In defining the scope of the Clean Water Act, the Trump administration has been guided by […]
E&E NEWS: CLEAN WATER RULE: Trump admin wants Texas court as WOTUS battleground
/in NEWS /by wpengineThe Department of Justice wants legal challenges related to the Obama-era Clean Water Rule to play out in a Texas court. The Trump administration, which recently finalized a suspension of the rule, asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York yesterday to move two lawsuits challenging that delay to the U.S. […]
INDEPENDENT ENTERPRISE: Opinion: Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID): Progress in ending excessive federal regulations
/in NEWS /by wpengineAlso, one of President Trump’s Executive Orders would undo the excessive 2015 “Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule” exerting federal control over nearly every stream, ditch, pond and puddle on state and local lands, as well as private property. I was involved in early efforts to block the precursor of the WOTUS Rule and […]
WNAX: Ag Groups Ask for Stay on 2015 WOTUS Rule
/in NEWS /by wpengineThe American Farm Bureau and a broad coalition of ag industry groups are asking a federal district court in Texas to issue a nationwide stay of the 2015 Waters of the U.S. Rule. South Dakota Farm Bureau President Scott VanderWal says when the Supreme Court ruled that the jurisdiction for WOTUS belonged to the district […]
E&E NEWS: CLEAN WATER RULE: Rule foes set their sights on Texas court
/in NEWS /by wpengineSome key opponents of the Obama-era Clean Water Rule are turning to a Texas federal court in their quest to obtain a nationwide injunction barring enforcement of the rule. States and a coalition of farm and industry groups filed preliminary injunction motions this week in separate lawsuits pending in front the U.S. District Court for […]