Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, passed legislation by an overwhelming margin of 234-184 that will ensure the continued role of states like Florida in establishing their clean water standards, rather than being usurped by new federal one-size-fits-all regulations from EPA.
The EPA has progressively undermined the states' shared authority in order to institute a one-size-fits-all regulatory regime. The Mica legislation reverses the erosion of states' authority under a long-established partnership with the federal government to regulate the nation's water quality. This effective partnership, has become increasingly besieged by the EPA as that agency has progressively undermined the states' shared authority in order to institute a one-size-fits-all regulatory regime. The agency's overreaching approach is burdening our nation's businesses and job creators, without providing a significant benefit to the environment. If the agency continues this aggressive campaign against common sense regulation, the most likely results will be higher costs to taxpayers and higher unemployment.