Issue Position: Agriculture & EPA

Issue Position

Agriculture is the life blood of Kansas and we Kansans know our land better than federal bureaucrats. Puddles are puddles -- they are not wetlands. Ditches are ditches -- they are not navigable streams. Lesser Prairie Chickens are great birds, but the economic consequences of federally listing them as "threatened" are totally unjustified. Farm dust does settle and is not a visibility or clean-air issue to be controlled by unelected Washington bureaucrats. Dr. Roger Marshall will be a strong advocate for states' rights. Stopping federal overreach -- most notably through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- is among the top concerns. Dr. Marshall wants to be a part of shrinking both the size and the reach of the federal government while protecting crop insurance and our farming economy.

"From my 5th generation agriculture background, as a Kansas Wildlife Commissioner, and as a physician, I have seen first hand how ridiculous federal laws and regulations negatively affects farmers, the energy industry, and our rural communities. The simple fact is nobody cares more about the land and the environment then the Kansas farmer. Instead of allowing bureaucrats to dictate policy, Congress needs to protect farmers, fishermen, hunters and those generating energy from an unruly Environmental Protection Agency."-- Roger Marshall

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