[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 45 (Thursday, March 9, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H1233-H1234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       BLATANT FEDERAL OVERREACH

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, President Biden's proposed waters of the 
United States rule is a blatant example of Federal overreach. The rule 
will lead to further regulatory burdens on our farmers, and it gives 
unelected bureaucrats more power to dictate how landowners manage their 
own property.
  Under this new guidance, the EPA would have broad authority to 
determine what is considered a navigable

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water, which could potentially include anything from a pond to a 
puddle.
  I would remind the President that American farmers are the original 
conservationists. They know how to take care of the land because that 
land is their livelihood.
  The administration has already made life harder for our agricultural 
community through skyrocketing input costs, oppressive environmental 
regulation, and a war on fossil fuel. We should be supporting farmers' 
efforts instead of hamstringing them.
  Do you know the water that I am most concerned about? It is not 
ponds. It is not puddles. It is the swamp here in D.C. that wants to 
take away our hard-earned property and take over every aspect of 
American life.
  I was proud to just vote for the passage of H.J. Res. 27 today to 
nullify this terrible Biden waters of the U.S. rule.

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