[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Republican senators use congressional hearing to press an Army representative on support the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. rule despite opposition in some internal memos[/title][fusion_text]Thursday, October 1st 2015
Republican senators used a congressional hearing Wednesday to press an Army representative for an explanation on why the Corps of Engineers opted to support the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule despite opposition in some internal memos. GOP members of the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife peppered Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy with questions about the Army’s role in the rule while their Democratic counterparts questioned why the hearing was happening in the first place. WOTUS, or the Clean Water Rule as it’s called by EPA, went into effect in 37 of the 50 states at the end of August; a federal judge in North Dakota granted an injunction against its implementation in the remaining 13 states. The rule redefines the waters of the U.S. that can be regulated under the Clean Water Act. Most of the agricultural community and many Republicans say the rule represents a vast and unwarranted expansion of federal power over private lands.
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