PRESIDENTIAL PARADIGMS
Farmers and Ranchers are Tired of EPA Doubletalk
Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation
Business owners around
the country have joined
with farmers and ranchers in
speaking out on the Waters
of the U.S. rule. More than
30 states also oppose the
rule. Yet, even in the face
of mounting opposition, the
EPA still isn’t listening.
and Northern Plains. By pooling these isolated
features together, the Waters of the U.S. rule would
let the agencies treat them as a “significant nexus”
to streams and rivers – an idea that’s simply not
supported by law or common sense. Together, the
prairie potholes in a region could be treated just
like a large body of water, even though the end
result would be more control over land, not water –
something that Congress never intended.
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has unveiled
Rather than recognizing the careful stewardship
her latest, campaign-style WOTUS spin, calling
that farmers and ranchers practice, EPA keeps
the effort the “Clean
forcing farmers and
Water Rule” – as
ranchers back on the
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