Volume 160, No. 98 covering the 2nd Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“PROTECTING FARMERS FROM THE EPA” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H5638 on June 23, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
PROTECTING FARMERS FROM THE EPA
(Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, last Friday, on June 20, members of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation joined together to protect Pennsylvania farmers by fighting back against another regulatory overreach by the Environmental Protection Agency.
I, along with Senator Pat Toomey and U.S. Representatives Scott Perry, Lou Barletta, and Bill Shuster, filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, in a case that centers on the proper scope of the EPA's authority under the Clean Water Act and the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Over the past decade, regional and State-led conservation efforts have substantially reduced agriculture's ecological footprint within the watershed. Today, farmers continue to improve land management practices and remain the best stewards of our natural resources, which their livelihoods are dependent upon.
Despite these success stories, the EPA is seeking to seize, for the Federal Government, powers traditionally held by the States and impose an unconscionable economic burden on farmers and taxpayers.
Mr. Speaker, the EPA has continued a foolish and impractical pursuit to put forth oppressive mandates that threaten the economic livelihood of our local farms and businesses. It is abuse of power that cannot and will not be tolerated.
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