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Committee Approves Thune Provision to Block EPA Regulation of Fishing Tackle

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Date: Jan. 27, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care Environment

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today applauded the passage of legislation that included his proposal to block the Obama Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act, leaving such regulation to state agencies. Late last year, a short-term fix was approved by Congress and signed into law by the president, but enactment of Thune's provision would provide for a permanent solution.

"The Obama EPA's regulatory arm, which Republicans in Congress are fighting hard to rein in, already reaches too far into the American people's lives," said Thune. "We don't need Washington bureaucrats regulating puddles in our backyards, and we don't need them telling us what we can and can't use to hunt and fish in South Dakota either. It's welcome news that this legislation is one step closer to passing the full Senate."


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