[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21537]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     EPA SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

  (Mr. GIBBS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. GIBBS. Mr. Speaker, recently the Government Accountability Office 
reported findings from their investigation of the EPA regarding their 
waters of the United States rule that drastically increases their 
authority at the expense of States. The GAO report is plain and simple: 
The EPA broke the law.
  By using social media tactics the GAO called ``covert propaganda,'' 
the EPA undermined the integrity of the rulemaking process and violated 
the trust of the American people. They conspired to influence and skew 
the public comments during the open rulemaking process to promote and 
justify an agenda that the majority of the States oppose and have sued 
to stop.
  The EPA should be held accountable for their unlawful actions, and 
the people responsible should be dismissed and prosecuted.

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