"The Obama EPA appears that it will stop at nothing in order to aggressively expand its regulation of small businesses, farmers, property owners and Americans across the country.
Congressional Republicans Continue to Put Pressure on Obama Admin. To Halt Water Guidance Overreach
Link to Press Release: Inhofe Leads Effort to Oppose EPA and Army Corps' Guidance Document
Link to Press Release: EPA's Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Spurs Bicameral Concern
Link to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Release: Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Calls for Administration to Halt "Guidance" to Dramatically Expand Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, joined Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Pat Roberts (R-KS), as well as Chairman John Mica (R-FL), Chairman Frank Lucas (OK), and Representative Bob Gibbs (OH) to send a letter to Cass Sunstein Administrator of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget asking that the document, "Guidance on Identifying Waters Protected by the Clean Air Act," put forth by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers not be finalized. This guidance document seeks to give the federal government control over virtually every body of water in the United States, no matter how small.
