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Senate Majority Votes to Stop EPA Water Rule

Statement

Date: Nov. 3, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Environment

Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after the Senate failed to proceed to S. 1140, his bipartisan Federal Water Quality Protection Act.

"A clear bipartisan majority of senators voted today to stop the Environmental Protection Agency's federal water grab. Regrettably, too many Senate Democrats chose to block this first real opportunity to vote yes to clean water and no to extreme bureaucracy. Instead of standing with America's farmers, ranchers, small businesses and private-land owners, these senators chose to side with President Obama's out-of-control EPA.

"While we may have fallen short today, this is not the end of this issue. One way or another, Republicans won't stop until this rule is withdrawn or the courts ultimately strike it down for good."


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