[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17339]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             FAR-REACHING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY MANDATE

  (Mr. STEWART asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. STEWART. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, President Obama issued an 
executive memorandum that could turn into one of the most far-reaching 
and devastating environmental regulations in history. This document, 
which holds the same weight as an executive order, aims to expand a 26-
year-old policy that requires agencies to set a no net loss of wetlands 
to all natural resources. The economic impact of this regulation would 
be devastating to the West.
  Why do I live in Utah? I live there because I love it. I love to rock 
climb. I love to ski. I love the beauty of the place I live.
  All of us want to protect our natural resources, but we can't put 
human interests at the bottom of the priority pile. This is more than a 
huge power grab. It is going to devastate the trust that is essential 
between the President and the American people.
  If the President wants more regulations and further protections on 
natural resources, such a thing must be done in the people's Congress 
by those who are closest to the people. For that reason, I will use 
every tool at my disposal in order to ensure that this outrageous 
Presidential decree is not implemented.

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