What They Are Saying: Industry Leaders Back Legislation To Reverse Biden WOTUS Rule
Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led all 48 of her Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval (S.J. Res. 7). An identical resolution was introduced in the House of Representatives by U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.-06), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and is cosponsored by more than 150 House members.
“National Cotton Council Chairman Ted Schneider said the NCC applauds the efforts of Congress through use of the Congressional Review Act to bring back certainty and transparency to the rules surrounding Waters of the United States. The Louisiana cotton producer reiterated that U.S. agriculture needs a WOTUS rule which ‘provides clarity and consistency, is not overly burdensome to farmers and landowners and that can protect our nation’s water infrastructure.’”