Huelskamp Continues the Fight to "Ditch the Rule'

Statement

Today Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) announced that he is again cosponsoring the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act. This legislation stops the radical rule proposed by EPA and Army Corps of Engineers to redefine and expand dramatically the Clean Water Act and impose costly permitting processes for farmers, ranchers, homebuilders, and many other small businesses. Huelskamp cosponsored and helped pass the bill through the House in 2014, but it died in the Senate under then-Majority Leader Harry Reid.

"I urge my colleagues to pass this critical bill to protect Americans from the EPA's unprecedented power grab. President Obama's EPA is again attempting to bypass Congress, ignore the clear law, and impose their power grab on rural America.

"This is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. It's an American issue. It is wrong for unelected bureaucrats in Washington to force their rules on us. They want to regulate every drop of water in Kansas, including our road ditches, farm ponds, prairie potholes, swimming pools, water tanks, construction site runoff, and rain puddles. Rest assured, I will continue to work to protect Kansas agriculture and our other small businesses from this costly over-regulation. It is time to force the EPA to ditch the rule."

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