United States Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri issued the following statement today (Wednesday 27) after the Environmental Protection Agency released its finalized Waters of the United States rule:
“The EPA’s rule represents an unprecedented power grab by the Obama Administration that will hurt farm families, job creation, home construction, roads, and energy development in Missouri and nationwide. The Administration has no business regulating puddles, ditches, and ponds across the country. I’m working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to block the EPA’s massive takeover of private and state waters, and I’ll keep fighting to protect Missourians from the Obama Administration’s blatant overreach into their private lives and property.” – unquote…