Hawley Leads Missouri Delegation Letter Demanding Rollback of the Biden Admin's New WOTUS Rule

Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led the Missouri Republican delegation – including Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rep. Ann Wagner (MO-2), Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3), Rep. Mark Alford (MO-4), Rep. Sam Graves (MO-6), Rep. Eric Burlison (MO-7), and Rep. Jason Smith (MO-8) –in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael Connor, calling on the administration to immediately rescind its controversial new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule. 

"In this new regulation, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers purport to regulate every puddle and drainage ditch across America," the lawmakers wrote. "This radical interpretation is inconsistent with the text and logic of the Clean Water Act."

They continued, "Farmers and ranchers in Missouri should be able to determine how to best manage their land and water, not the EPA. This rule is just another federal power grab that infringes on the property rights of farmers in our state. We demand that you rescind this rule immediately.”

Read the full letter here.