[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2374]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP

  (Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, recently, the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is expanding the 
boundary lines of Wyoming's Wind River Indian Reservation so that it 
now includes three towns: Kinnear, Riverton, and Pavillion. This 
decision by the EPA, claiming it had authority under the Clean Air Act, 
overturned earlier congressional actions that reduced the size of Wind 
River Indian Reservation and made clear that the neighboring towns were 
not a part of this reservation.
  In a January 6 press release, Wyoming Governor Matt Mead is quoted as 
having said:

       My deep concern is about an administrative agency of the 
     Federal Government altering a State's boundary and going 
     against over 100 years of history and law. This should be a 
     concern to all citizens because, if the EPA can unilaterally 
     take land away from a State, where will it stop?

  Where will it stop, indeed. I believe the EPA thinks that it controls 
anything that touches air or water. They even think they control the 
boundaries of the Indian nations. You can't make this stuff up.

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